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Human Capital and Development : The Indian Experience
Siddharthan, Natteri - 2013 - 2nd ed. 2013
Capital on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India -- Informality, Vulnerability and Development -- Labour and Energy … Intensity: A Study of Pulp & Paper Industries in India -- Impact of Remittances on Poverty in India: Empirical Evidence …, employment cannot be increased without spending on education and health. Furthermore, the unorganised sector in India cannot …
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Industrial Dynamics in China and India : Firms, Clusters, and Different Growth Paths
Ohara, Moriki (ed.); Vijayabaskar, M. (ed.); Lin, Hong (ed.) - 2011
China and India; exploring the domestic and international factors that have led to their rise, and comparing their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053940
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Economic Insights on Higher Education Policy in Ireland : Evidence from a Public System
Cullinan, John (ed.); Flannery, Darragh (ed.) - 2017
This book brings together research relating to the economics of higher education in Ireland and presents evidence that will help support policy decision making. It provides an analysis of prominent issues within the higher education sector from an economic viewpoint, discussing the relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397831
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Pensionomics : On the Role of PAYGO in Pension Portfolios
Jäkel, Matthias F. (contributor) - 2006
Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520560
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Technological Change and Skill Development in Sudan
Nour, Samia Mohamed - 2013
With the ongoing restructuring in Sudan, structural issues such as the need for skill development and interaction with technological change need an in-depth analysis that this book offers. The central themes of this book are- required skill formation, upskilling of the workers, and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016447
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Studies on Continuing Vocational Training in Germany : An Empirical Assessment
Kuckulenz, Anja (contributor) - 2007
This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520830
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Population Ageing and Economic Growth : Education Policy and Family Policy in a Model of Endogenous Growth
Gruescu, Sandra (contributor) - 2007
Reviews standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth and develop a growth model with endogenous human capital and endogenous fertility. This work uses this model to analyse the effects of education policy and family policy on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520693
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The Synergy Theory on Economic Growth: Comparative Study Between China and Developed Countries
Liu, Jianhua; Jiang, Zhaohua - 2018
The book constructs the Synergy Theory, a new theory of economic growth and calculation methodology. The book involves empirical comparative study on economic growth between China and the 14 developed countries, and on the basis of the synergy theory, divides GDP into labor compensation, capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396875
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Wellbeing Economics : The Capabilities Approach to Prosperity
Dalziel, Paul; Saunders, Caroline; Saunders, Joe - 2018
Economists have long sought to maximise economic growth, believing this to be their best contribution to improving human welfare. That approach is not sustainable in the face of ongoing issues such as global climate change, environmental damage, rising inequality and enduring poverty....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396891
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The Political Economy of Innovation Development : Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Economic Theory
Bazhal, Iurii - 2017
This book finds that the R&D and technological innovation of a country is not a result, but a factor, of sustained economic growth. Bazhal develops Schumpeter's theory to argue that genuine economic growth - especially in transitioning and developing countries - is only possible with innovation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398350