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Impact of Population Aging on Asia's Future Growth
Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2011
dissipating. Population aging affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labor force participation, and total factor … productivity. We examined the impact of aging on those four channels in 12 developing Asian economies that collectively make up the … economic impact where population aging is more advanced. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507335
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Why Does Population Aging Matter So Much for Asia? Population Aging, Economic Growth, and Economic Security in Asia
Lee, Sang-Hyop; Mason, Andrew; Park, Donghyun - 2011
at different stages of this region- wide trend. We document Asia's aging population, describe the region's old …-age support systems, and highlight the regional socioeconomic implications of the transition for those support systems. Aging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507336
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Dualism and cross-country growth regressions
Temple, Jonathan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a differential across sectors in the marginal product of labour, changes in the structure of employment can raise aggregate total factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261270
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Broadband infrastructure and economic growth
Czernich, Nina; Falck, Oliver; Kretschmer, Tobias; … - 2009
We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental-variable model derives its non-linear first stage from a logistic diffusion model where pre-existing voice-telephony and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273811
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274163
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274178