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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries, 1986-2006
Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - 2014
This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481589
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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries, 1986-2006
Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095489
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Education, market rigidities and growth
Aghion, Philippe; Askenazy, Philippe; Bourlès, Renaud; … - 2007
legislation on growth. It exploits macro-panel data for OECD countries. For countries close to the technological frontier …, education and rigidities are significantly related to TFP growth. The contribution of the interaction between product market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268166
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Education, Market Rigidities and Growth
Bourlès, Renaud; Cette, Gilbert; DROMEL, Nicolas L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
legislation on growth. It exploits macro-panel data for OECD countries. For countries close to the technological frontier …, education and rigidities are significantly related to TFP growth. The contribution of the interaction between product market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763660
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Education Quality, Green Technology, and the Economic Impact of Carbon Pricing
Macdonald, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry A. - 2021
Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. The effect of carbon pricing on economic outcomes as well as mitigating factors has been studied extensively since the early 1990s. One mitigating factor that has received less attention is education quality. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882368
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Structural change out of agriculture: labor push versus labor pull
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Poschke, Markus - 2009
The process of economic development is characterized by substantial rural-urban migrations and a decreasing share of agriculture in output and employment. The literature highlights two main engines behind this process of structural change: (i) improvements in agricultural technology combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269344
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Structural Change out of Agriculture: Labor Push versus Labor Pull
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Poschke, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The process of economic development is characterized by substantial rural-urban migrations and a decreasing share of agriculture in output and employment. The literature highlights two main engines behind this process of structural change: (i) improvements in agricultural technology combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030884
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Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence
Veselov, Dmitry; Yarkin, Alexander - 2024
Industrial policies, such as infrastructure investments and export tariffs, affect the allocation of labor and incomes across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045465
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Monetary Policy, Growth and Employment in Developing Areas: A Review of the Literature
Junankar, Pramod N. (Raja) - 2019
In this paper we review the literature on the impact that monetary policy has on growth and employment in developing … sometimes on output (GDP) levels and volatility of output. This survey of the literature on Monetary policy and growth shows … that money plays a small role in developing countries and that monetary policy is not a very important influence on growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005898
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Remittances, institutions and economic growth
Catrinescu, Natalia; Leon-Ledesma, Miguel; Piracha, Matloob - 2006
contribute to longer-term growth by building human and financial capital or degrade long-run growth by creating labor … remittances-growth link because previous studies have not correctly controlled for endogeneity. Using Dynamic Data Panel estimates … we find that remittances exert a weakly positive impact on long-term macroeconomic growth. The paper also considers the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268033