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The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise,...
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The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836671
complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification …
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of change that have governed the journey of humanity, driven the growth process, and shaped inequality across the globe … the design of effective policies that could promote economic growth and mitigate inequality. …What sparked humanity's leap from stagnation to prosperity? What lies at the core of inequality among nations? Unified …
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inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a … top decile's income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the …
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end of a period serves as her endowment in the following period. In this setting growth and inequality arise endogenously …. Inequality and group income are positively correlated for poor groups, but negatively correlated for rich groups. There is very … strong path dependence: inequality in early periods is strongly negatively correlated with group income in later periods …
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The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require … used (nonlinear) parametric approaches - the economy first expands rapidly with a large decline in inequality, plateaus … when inequality remains relatively stable, and then decreases rapidly with a large increase in inequality. This novel …
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The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
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This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of the needs of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
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