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The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by using convergence hypothesis. Earlier studies that examined regional disparities of development used per capita State Net Domestic Product (SNDP) as an important proxy for...
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The paper present the analysis outcomes on the catching-up process. Additionally it seeks for identifying the “convergence clubs” in cross-national section. It implements a traditional analysis of convergence tracking the catching-up process as well as the per capita income dynamics across...
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The paper present the analysis outcomes on the catching-up process. Additionally it seeks for identifying the “convergence clubs” in cross-national section. It implements a traditional analysis of convergence tracking the catching-up process as well as the per capita income dynamics across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147303
The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
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double digit) as well as experiencing a severe recession (as the unemployment rate has risen astronomically). Consequently, a …
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Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can …, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt backward technology, at the cost of reduced economic growth …. Alternatively, unemployment diminishes because productivity grows by employing workers who prefer to become skilled, and thus not to …
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be called Embodied Human Capital Unemployment. This is a phenomenon not seen before in social history, simply because … around for a while as we all live our lives. I illustrate the relevance of this new concept of unemployment to the U …
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, leading to the emergence of Embodied Human Capital Unemployment. We illustrate the relevance of this new concept of … unemployment to the U.S economy in the first decade of the 21st Century. This helps achieve a deeper understanding of the current …
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The euro was introduced on January 1, 1999. As of now, 16 European Union Member States have adopted the euro in line with the requirements of the Treaty, the most recent ones being Cyprus and Malta on January 1, 2008 and Slovakia on January 1, 2009. This implies that 11 Member States are at...
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