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The Role of R&D in Productivity Growth: The Case of Agriculture in New Zealand: 1927 to 2001

Hall, Julia; Scobie, Grant M - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2006

Productivity growth is a key determinant of rising living standards. The agricultural sector has been an important contributor to the overall growth of productivity in New Zealand. The average rate of multifactor productivity growth in agriculture from 1926-27 to 2000-01 was 1.8%. We find...

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Labour Force Participation and GDP in New Zealand

Bryant, John; Jacobsen, Veronica; Bell, Matthew; … - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

New Zealand's participation rates are high relative to the OECD, and similar OECD countries. However, there is scope for increasing participation, particularly among young women. Increases in labour force participation could make a contribution towards closing the income gap between New Zealand...

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Adult literacy and economic growth

Johnston, Grant - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

Developed countries, including New Zealand, used to consider their populations wholly literate, in the sense that almost all adults could read and write. Contemporary definitions expand the concept of literacy to include wider cognitive skills, and extend it across the whole population: people...

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Regional Economic Performance in New Zealand: How Does Auckland Compare?

Lewis, Geoff; Stillman, Steven - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2005

In this study we investigate Auckland’s economic performance relative to other large cities in New Zealand, to medium-sized urban centres and to small towns and rural areas. Measures of regional economic performance are not well developed in New Zealand and there is a relative lack of official...

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Disentangling succession and entrepreneurship gender gaps: gender norms, culture, and family

Feldmann, Manuel; Lukes, Martin; Uhlaner, Lorraine - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2020) 2, pp. 997-1013

gender gap in entrepreneurship, finding that the family may serve as a stronger influence than society when implied norms of …

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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528

(Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … achieved through a purposeless quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship, and … entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to economic growth, but to life satisfaction as well. This essay discusses topics in …

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National culture, entrepreneurship and economic development: different patterns across the European Union

Liñán, Francisco; Fernandez-Serrano, José - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 4, pp. 685-701

variable that helps explain the level of economic development and reinforces the effect of entrepreneurship on the income level … Entrepreneurship Monitor provides information regarding entrepreneurial activity. Using linear regression analysis, cultural and …

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“Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken”: entrepreneurship and happiness

Naudé, Wim; Amorós, José; Cristi, Oscar - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 3, pp. 523-540

Do the presence and nature of entrepreneurship impact on national happiness, and are nations with happy citizens better … for entrepreneurs to start new businesses? To provide tentative answers we survey the literature on entrepreneurship and … subjective well-being and use various data sources to uncover the first evidence of the relationship between entrepreneurship and …

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Entrepreneurial opportunities in peripheral versus core regions in Chile

Amorós, José; Felzensztein, Christian; Gimmon, Eli - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 119-139

Governmental policies tend to support and boost entrepreneurship in peripheral regions in many countries. This research … Entrepreneurship Monitor’s methodologies, the National Experts Survey, to a sample of 695 key informants in Chile at eight regions of … core regions. The main results indicate that peripherally located entrepreneurship experts perceive their regions as in a …

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New Zealand’s perfect storm of entrepreneurship and economic development

Frederick, Howard; Monsen, Erik - In: Small Business Economics 37 (2011) 2, pp. 187-204

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