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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 capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143699
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Redefining the Economical Power of Nations
Kiss, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
– Inflation) x GDP = K_Index_Infl. Productivity Index: K_Index / Labor Force = K_PROD Inflation indexed Productivity Index: K …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259539
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‘Williamson's Fallacy’ in Estimation of Inter-Regional Inequality
Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2017
When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943787
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Old and new dualisms in Latin America and Asia: labour productivity, international competitiveness and income distribution
Escaith, Hubert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
determinants of labour productivity in Asia and Latin America, indicating a contrasted situation between both developing regions …. While Asia appears to be engaged in a relatively smooth transition from the low productivity traditional activities to a … productivity gap with industrialised countries, gaining international competitiveness, while Latin America has been losing ground …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260105
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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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Variação de renda familiar, desigualdade e pobreza no Brasil no período 2001 a 2005
Guimarães, P. W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This article investigates the relationships among economic growth, income distribution and poverty in Brazil during the period from 2001 to 2005. Those relationships are analyzed starting from the selection of three models: one that relates the variations in the poverty indicators and the main...
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The return of “patrimonial capitalism”: review of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st century
Milanovic, Branko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st century" may be one of the most important recent economics books. It jointly treats theory of growth, functional distribution of income, and interpersonal income inequality. It envisages a future of relatively slow growth with the rising share of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257954
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La demanda agregada y la distribución del ingreso: Un estudio a partir de los modelos de crecimiento kaleckianos
Loaiza Quintero, O.L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to study the mechanisms through which aggregate demand and income distribution affect the rate of growth, in a post-keynesian framework rooted in the works of Michal Kalecki. Thus, this paper addresses some issues that are put aside by neoclassical theory, which focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259165
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Crescimento Econômico E Distribuição De Renda: Uma Análise A Partir Das Estruturas Econômicas Do Brasil Contemporâneo
Almeida, L O.; Guilhoto, J. J. M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The aim of this paper is to investigate the dichotomy between economic growth and income distribution in Brazilian economy. Through input output model shocks in exogenous demand of each industry were simulated to determine which one contributes to economic growth and diminishment of Gini income...
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Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth
Higgins, Matthew; Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
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