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Poor’s behaviour and inequality traps: the role of human capital
Lombardo, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
We evaluate whether and how the persistence of inequality and the presence of inequality traps carry over the persistence of poverty and possible aggregate economic inefficiencies. We propose a microeconomic formalization of one possible definition of poverty and of the behaviour of poor and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260074
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The Role of Education for the Economic Growth of Bulgaria
Neycheva, Mariya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The paper presents results of a study which estimates the impact of human capital on growth in Bulgaria over the period 2000-12. The empirical models are based on the extended Cobb-Douglas production with three inputs ─ labor, physical capital and human capital. Export and Foreign Direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110835
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Productivity in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Regional Patterns and Policy Issues
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The study uses a disaggregated approach to look into Labour Productivity in the informal manufacturing sector in India … over the last two decades, especially Trends in productivity levels and regional disparities, its regional pattern, and … Factors affecting the productivity levels. Wide variation in productivity levels is observed. The Western and North …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789844
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Testing urbanization economies in manufacturing industries: urban diversity or urban size?
Fu, Shihe; Hong, Junjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
also enhance firm productivity. Using the 2004 China manufacturing census data, we test simultaneously the effects of urban … size and industrial diversity on firm productivity, controlling for localization economies and human capital externalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789496
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Agglomeration and Co-Agglomeration of Services Industries
Kolko, Jed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Economic research on industry location and agglomeration has focused nearly exclusively on manufacturing. This paper shows that services are prominent among the most agglomerated industries, especially at the county level. Because traditional measures of knowledge spillovers, natural resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790058
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Leviatán débil, un concepto para explicar el estado desde las regiones
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Our hypothesis is proposed to introduce the idea of ​​Leviathan weak, the classical conception of the state is problematized; primarily in regions suffering public violence, lack of legitimacy and sovereignty. This paper is the first part of a project that distinguishes three components that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112296
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Comparative Advantage, Scale Economy and Regional Specialization：An Empirical Analysis Based on China’s Industries
Lu, Zheng; Deng, Xiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Current empirical studies on regional specialization mainly focused on measurement of China’s overall regional specialization level, while determinants of industrial geographical distribution, namely the regional specialization pattern, are just paid few attentions. This paper analyzed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257950
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Error Correction Dynamics of House Prices: an Equilibrium Benchmark
Leung, Charles Ka Yui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Central to recent debates on the "mis-pricing" in the housing market and the proactive policy of central bank is the determination of the "fundamental house price." This paper builds a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model that produces reduced-form dynamics that are consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110868
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Элементы региональной диагностики (на примере Краснодарского края)
Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
methodology for identification of suitable technologies for particular region. Methodology is based on labor productivity … comparisons. For this purposes productivity levels for all Russian regions in industry level were calculated. International … productivity comparison with 16 foreign countries is also done. Krasnodar region was chosen as an example for such diagnostics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259521
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Региональная диагностика эффективности отраслевых производств (на примере сельского хозяйства).
Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
the following aspects: broad coverage (17 countries and all Russian regions); more precise estimates of labor productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259790