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The effect of female and male health on economic growth: cross-country evidence within a production function framework
Hassan, Gazi; Cooray, Arusha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
education, higher levels of health, new learning and training procedure. The intuition that good health raises the level of … theorists. But empirically ascertaining the causal relationship between health and growth is more difficult due to the possible … existence of endogeneity between these two variables. We use a production function based approach and model the role of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258323
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Long-run growth patterns within Asian NIEs: Empirical analysis based on the panel unit root test, allowing the heterogeneity of time trend and endogenous multiple structural breaks
Matsuki, Takashi; Usami, Ryoichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study examines whether or not the convergence of per capita output—which is categorized as catching-up and long-run convergence, defined by Oxley and Greasley (1995)—exists within Asian newly industrializing economies (Asian NIEs), namely, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260211
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Sectoral convergence in output per worker between Portuguese regions
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution to the analysis of absolute convergence ( and ), associated with the neoclassical theory, and conditional, associated with endogenous growth theory, of the sectoral productivity at regional level. Presenting some empirical evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226958
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Services growth and convergence: Getting India’s states together
Shingal, ANIRUDH - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
India’s success story in services is well documented at the national level, but similar literature does not exist for India’s states. In this paper, we bridge this gap in research by looking at India’s services growth at the sub-national level and in doing so, also challenge existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246879
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Net migration and convergence in Portugal. An alternative analysis
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
agricultural sector. This study analyses, also, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246899
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The convergence theories and the geographic concentration in the Portuguese manufactured industry
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution to the analysis of absolute convergence, associated with the neoclassical theory, of the manufactured industry productivity at regional level and for the period from 1986 to 1994 (1)(Martinho, 2011a). This paper pretends, also, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294946
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The convergence theories and the geographic concentration in the Portuguese manufactured industry. Another approach
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution to the analysis of absolute convergence, associated with the neoclassical theory, of the manufactured industry productivity at regional level and for the period from 1995 to 1999 (1)(Martinho, 2011a). This paper pretends, also, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294954
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Application of Keynesian and convergence theories in Portugal. Differences and similarities
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
concentration. This study analyses, yet, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251533
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Application of convergence theories and new economic geography in Portugal. Differences and similarities
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to present a further contribution, with panel data, to the analysis of absolute convergence, associated with the neoclassical theory, and conditional, associated with endogenous growth theory, of the sectoral productivity at regional level (NUTs III, from 1995 to 1999)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251552
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Application of Keynesian and convergence theories in Portugal. An alternative approach
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This work aims to test the Verdoorn Law, with the alternative specifications of (1)Kaldor (1966), for five Portuguese regions (NUTS II) from 1986 to 1994. It is intended to test, even in this work, the alternative interpretation of (2)Rowthorn (1975) of the Verdoorn's Law for the same regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277273