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Educational Production in East Asia : The Impact of Family Background and Schooling
Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
and Singapore, while Hong Kong and Thailand achieve more equalized outcomes. There is no evidence that smaller classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261886
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Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
I document negative externalities of air pollution in the Indian agricultural sector. Using variation in pollution … induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377219
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Entrepreneurial innovation and sustained long-run growth without weak or strong scale effects
Grossmann, Volker - 2008
R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (strong scale effect) or the level of per capita income (weak scale effect), with far-reaching policy implications. However, for modern times there is little empirical support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268664
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The long-run effects of mortality decline in developing countries
Lehmijoki, Ulla; Palokangas, Tapio - 2011
Since World War II, mortality has declined in the developing world. This paper examines the effects of this mortality decline on demographic and economic growth by a family-optimization model, in which fertility is endogenous and wealth yields utility through its status. The decline in mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276154
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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282204
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Competitive work environments and social preferences: field experimental evidence from a Japanese fishing community
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Seki, Erika - 2005
on a field experiment conducted with workers from a fishing community in Toyama Bay, Japan. Our participants are employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267647
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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009
In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271282
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Satisfaction with democracy and collective action problems: the case of the environment
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich G.; Wagner, Alexander F. - 2008
Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental policies are in place and if environmental quality is higher. We also document that parents care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268889
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Pollution abatement and control expenditure in Romania: A multilevel analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010
analyses the determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) at plant level in the case of Romania using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269924
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Evaluating Environmental Programs: The Perspective of Modern Evaluation Research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262600