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The economic impact of telecommunications diffusion on UK productivity growth
Correa, Lisa - 2003
This paper investigates the relationship between telecommunications infrastructure competition, investment and productivity. Using econometric modelling and input-output economics, the analysis examines and measures the extent to which telecommunications has contributed to national and sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284184
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ICT use in the developing world: An analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285318
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The Supply Side of the Digital Divide: Is There Equal Availability in the Broadband Internet Access Market?
Prieger, James E. - 2002
The newest dimension of the Digital Divide is access to broadband (high-speed) Internet service. Using comprehensive U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318613
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Does online search improve the match quality of new hires?
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Lochner, Benjamin; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2021
This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We combine data … on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660624
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Eight strategies for development in comparison
Priewe, Jan - 2015
The article provides a broad-based overview on competing development strategies and the economic performance of developing countries, mainly since the year 2000. Four traditional mainstream development strategies are discussed (Washington Consensus, neo-liberalism, "good governance" and MDGs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304515
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Takeoffs
Aizenman, Joshua; Spiegel, Mark - 2007
This paper identifies factors associated with takeoff - a sustained period of high growth following a period of stagnation. We examine a panel of 241 stagnation episodes" from 146 countries, 54 % of these episodes are followed by takeoffs. Countries that experience takeoffs average 2.3% annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285304
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The resource curse and its potential reversal
Boschini, Anne; Pettersson, Jan; Roine, Jesper - 2012
Several recent papers suggest that the negative association between natural resource intensity and economic growth can be reversed if institutional quality is high enough. We try to understand this result in more detail by decomposing the resource measure, using alternative measures of both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321368
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Pre-Industrial and Post-War Economic Development: Is There a Link?
Burkett, John; Humblet, Catherine; Putterman, Louis - 1997
What became the post-War era’s “less developed countries” (LDCs) varied enormously in their pre- modern or pre-industrial economic conditions. We hypothesize that if these countries are arrayed on a continuum of pre-industrial development such as that of the demographer Ester Boserup,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420247
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Measuring economic growth from outer space
Henderson, Vernon; Storeygard, Adam; Weil, David N. - 2009
GDP growth is often measured poorly for countries and rarely measured at all for cities. We propose a readily available proxy: satellite data on lights at night. Our statistical framework uses light growth to supplement existing income growth measures. The framework is applied to countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284041
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The Impact of Sectorial FDI on Economic Growth in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
Miteski, Mite; Stefanova, Dijana Janevska - 2017
This paper investigates the effects of foreign direct investment inflows in the industrial, construction and services sectors on economic growth in a panel of sixteen Central, Eastern and Southeastern European CESEE countries using data of different time spans within the 1998-2013 period. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785364