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Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
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Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790517
aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of … growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best thought of as a stock of embodied and disembodied knowledge … of growth in per capita income in the US relative to the UK and other major European countries. …
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The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ?classics?, however (Fisher (1935), Clark...
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This paper addresses two main questions: (a) Has European integration hindered the implementation of labour, financial and product market structural reforms? (b) Do the effects of these reforms vary more across sectors than across countries? Using more granular reform measures, longer time...
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Beginning in the late 1970s, China's economy delivered the largest growth spurt in recorded history. Striking …
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The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
transformation depression observed in CEE and CIS, and allowed it to generate high rates of economic growth that have now lasted for … respectable economic growth, demonstrating that numerous forms of the transition process can generate long term economic growth …
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economic growth on many social phenomena, they may, in fact, merely reflect historical experience, that is, similar leader … independent. The oft-reported significant cross-country relationships of many variables to economic growth may merely demonstrate …
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The use of historical data has become a standard tool in economics, serving three main purposes: to examine the influence of the past on current economic outcomes; to use unique natural experiments to test modern economic theories; and to use modern economic theories to refine our understanding...
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