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Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity Convergence

Mulder, Peter; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004

This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level … for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A fã-convergence analysis shows that the development of cross …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence …

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International Comparisons of Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity Performance: Stylised Facts and Decomposition of Trends

Mulder, Peter; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004

This paper addresses the interplay between economic growth, energy use, change in sectoral composition and technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over the period 1970-1997. A cross-country decomposition...

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Decoupling Economic Growth and Energy Use. An Empirical Cross-Country Analysis for 10 Manufacturing Sectors

Mulder, Peter; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004

This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...

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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?

van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2007

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325303

Structural Change and Convergence of Energy Intensity across OECD Countries, 1970-2005

Mulder, Peter; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2012

aggregate energy intensity dynamics. A convergence analysis reveals that only after 1995 cross-country variation in aggregate … convergence in Services. Moreover, we find evidence for the hypothesis that across sectors lagging countries are catching-up with … leading countries, with rates of convergence on average being higher in Services than in Manufacturing. Aggregate convergence …

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Economic Growth and the Volatility of Foreign Aid

Chervin, Michal; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2010

Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...

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The Long-Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries : Insights from Multivariate Time Series Analysis

Tarp, Finn - 2014

Studies of aid effectiveness abound in the literature, often with opposing conclusions. Since most time-series studies use data from the exact same publicly available data bases, our claim here is that such differences in results must be due to the use of different econometric models and...

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The Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Aid and Macroeconomic Transmission Mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana

Juselius, Katarina - 2014

A recent study of 36 sub-Saharan African countries found a positive impact of aid in the absolute majority of these countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This paper singles out these two countries for a more...

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New Evidence on Fungibility at the Aggregate Level

Marc, Lukasz - 2012

This study examines the fungibility of foreign aid and makes three contributions to the existing literature. Firstly, fungibility of aid at the aggregate level is reexamined on a richer panel dataset of 91 developing countries for 1980-2009, taking into account endogeneity of aid and...

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The Causal Links between Aid and Government Expenditures

Marc, Lukasz - 2014

The most recent literature on aid effectiveness finds a positive effect of aid on growth. To the extent that aid goes through the budget, this either reflects an aid-financed increase in government expenditures (quantity effect) or an improvement in the use of government resources as a result of...

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