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Subsistenz: Geschichte, Bedeutung und Rekonstruktion des Subsistenzbegriffes
Thieme, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyses the term “subsistence” to utilise it for scientific purposes. In doing so, the term will be reconstructed by an evolutionary view. Afterwards, the term will be discussed and develpoped with respect to the so-called paradox of the poverty line.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531939
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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019
The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894601
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Socioeconomic Progress Across the Major Indian States : Converging or Diverging
Goli, Srinivas; Arokiasamy, P.; Reddy, Bheemeshwar - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154852
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The Structural Relationship Between Current and Capital Account Balance in India : A Time Series Analysis
Chakraborty, Debashis; Mukherjee, Jaydeep; Sinha, Tanaya - 2010
aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194754
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Service Sector Led Economic Growth in India and Some Measurement and Database Issues
Saikia, Dilip - 2017
In recent years there has been a rapid and sustained growth of the service sector in the Indian economy. But unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are abysmally low. There are problems relating to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187326
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Do Minimum Wage Increases Matter to Profitability of Private Firm? The Case of Vietnam
Nguyen, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper measures the impact of a minimum wage increase on profitability of private firms in Vietnam using a difference-in-differences with propensity score matching method. Data used for this analysis are from Vietnam Enterprise Censuses in 2005 and 2006. It is found that the impact estimate...
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Effects of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility policies
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article reviews experimental evidence on the effects of policies intended to promote behavior by firms that is more socially responsible and less socially irresponsible. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can provide firms with opportunities for profit, but changes are likely to increase...
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Minimum wage and export: evidence from Chinese firm-level data
Ma, Shuang; Sun, Churen; Tian, Guoqiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper proposes a two-country trade equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms to investigate the influences of minimum wages and productivity on firms' exports. It shows that the influence of minimum wages on firms' exporting probability and foreign sales is negative while that of firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372528
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The impact of the minimum wage on Spanish youth: Evidence from a natural experiment
Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This work assesses the impact of the minimum wage on youth employment, unemployment and education enrolment in Spain. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we take advantage of the fact that the minimum wage for people aged 16 and 17 years old, which was approximately two thirds the level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294926
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On economic growth and minimum wages
Fanti, Luciano; Gori, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We offer an analysis of the existence of a positive relationship between minimum wages and economic growth in a simple one-sector overlapping generations economy where the usual Romer-typed knowledge spill-over mechanism in production represents the engine of endogenous growth, in the case of...
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