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Education Inequality, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality : Evidence from Indonesia, 1996-2005
Digdowiseiso, Kumba - 2010
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 … significantly equalizing link with income distribution. In addition, the current level of inequality and growth is positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143699
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Use renewables to be cleaner: Meta-analysis of the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus
Sebri, Maamar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus is a growing area of research over the last few years, emanating to mixed results. The aim of the current study is to quantitatively synthesise the empirical literature on the subject using the meta-analysis approach. In particular, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260717
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Corruption and economic growth: A meta-analysis of the evidence on low-income countries and beyond
Ugur, Mehmet; Dasgupta, Nandini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Corruption is a symptom and outcome of institutional deficiency, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth. This paper aims to provide a synthesis of the existing evidence on the relationship between corruption and economic growth - controlling for effect type, data sources, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372561
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A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Debt and Growth
Moore, Winston; Thomas, Chrystol - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Can debt be used to finance growth? This question has stimulated a number of research papers, seminars and conferences. To date, however, no clear answer to the question is available. This paper attempts to answer the question using meta-analysis. Meta-analysis allows researchers to combine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529306
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Use renewables to be cleaner: Meta-analysis of the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus
Sebri, Maamar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus is a growing area of research over the last few years, emanating to mixed results. The aim of the current study is to quantitatively synthesise the empirical literature on the subject using the meta-analysis approach. In particular, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735446
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The Nexus between Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: New Insights from Meta Analysis
Bouoiyour, jamal; Selmi, Refk; Ozturk, Ilhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Although many factors have been identified to explain the nexus between electricity consumption and economic growth, the empirical evidence is rather mixed. Given these contradictory conclusions, we try to find out which outcome the meta analysis would support. To tackle this issue, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113858
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Rose Effect and the Euro: Is the Magic Gone?
Havranek, Tomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper presents an updated meta-analysis of the effect of currency unions on trade, focusing on the Euro area. Using meta-regression methods such as funnel asymmetry test, evidence for strong publication bias is found. The estimated underlying effect for currency unions other than Eurozone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527384
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Do Sufficient Institutions Alter the Relationship between Natural Resources and Economic Growth?
Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to test whether institutional governance and its performance is a main driving force to achieve a positive relationship between natural resources and economic growth in the long run. The main objective is to ascertain what kind of institutional governance would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056564
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Do University Rankings Matter for Growth?
Tan Kuan Lu, Clifford - 2014
I investigate the relationship between university rankings and economic growth and found that the relationship is statistically significant. The more the number of universities that a country has in international university rankings, the higher its GDP per capita. What is more surprising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061096
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Economic Growth Dynamics Across Countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze GDP PPP per capita growth rates across countries in the period 1980-2008, as well as to identify top and bottom country performers. In addition, the author verifies the statistical relationship between GDP PPP per capita and some arbitrary selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147300