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Large fiscal episodes and sustainable development some international evidence
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Park, Donghyun - 2021
This paper examines the association between episodes of large fiscal impulses (expansions and adjustments) and sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South Africa, and Thailand, examining the components of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205157
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Large fiscal episodes and sustainable development some international evidence
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Hien Nguyen; Park, … - 2021
This paper examines the association between episodes of large fiscal impulses (expansions and adjustments) and sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South Africa, and Thailand, examining the components of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796061
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Large Fiscal Episodes and Sustainable Development : Some International Evidence
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Nguyen, Hien; Park, … - 2022
This paper examines the association between episodes of large fiscal impulses (expansions and adjustments) and sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity).We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South Africa, and Thailand, examining the components of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309292
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Aid Volatility and Poverty Traps
Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Aizenman, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper studies the impact of aid volatility in a two-period model where production may occur with either a traditional or a modern technology. Public spending is productive and "time to build" requires expenditure in both periods for the modern technology to be used. The possibility of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575789
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The fertility transition around the world
Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - In: Journal of Population Economics 28 (2015) 1, pp. 31-44
, we find both β- and σ -convergence but we cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high-fertility regime. Our … results support the idea of conditional convergence where the condition is the successful initiation of the fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011151117
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Knowledge and Growth in the Very Long-Run
Strulik, Holger - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2010
This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A feedback mechanism between capital accumulation and the ease of knowledge diffusion explains a long epoch of (quasi-) stasis and an epoch of high growth linked by a gradual economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674363
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Knowledge and growth in the very long run
Strulik, Holger - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2012
This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A feedback mechanism between capital accumulation and the ease of knowledge diffusion explains a long epoch of (quasi-) stasis and an epoch of high growth linked by a gradual economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954288
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The fertility transition around the world - 1950-2005
Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2010
-fertility regime. Visually, the two peaks moved closer together. For the low fertility-group we find both beta- and sigma- convergence … but we cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high fertility regime. Overall our findings are difficult to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270395
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The Fertility Transition Around the World - 1950-2005
Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2010
-fertility regime. Visually, the two peaks moved closer together. For the low fertility-group we find both ?- and ?- convergence but we … cannot establish any convergence pattern for the high fertility regime. Overall our findings are difficult to reconcile with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301549
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Globalization and taste convergence: The cases of wine and beer
Aizenman, Joshua; Brooks, Eileen - Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics … - 2005
data on 38 countries from 1963-2000, there is clear convergence in the consumption of wine relative to beer between 1963 … and 2000. Convergence occurs even more quickly within groups of countries that have a higher degree of integration. A key … is converging, several Latin American countries fail to converge. The patterns of convergence are consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010536128