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Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This study is a descriptive analysis of the labor market conditions in Iraqi Federal Kurdistan Region. It explores a number of integrated factors that covariate and determine the level and patterns of the labor market outcomes in the region. In the first step, each of the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763641
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Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Heshmati, Almas - 2021
This study is a descriptive analysis of the labor market conditions in Iraqi Federal Kurdistan Region. It explores a number of integrated factors that covariate and determine the level and patterns of the labor market outcomes in the region. In the first step, each of the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325201
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On the causality between GDP and health care Eexpenditure in augmented Solow growth model
Heshmati, Almas - 2001
This paper examines conditional convergence of OECD countries in gross domestic product (GDP) and health care … economic growth and the speed of convergence. The speed of convergence is found to be sensitive to whether one imposes a … constant or estimate the depreciation and technological growth components. With no restrictions imposed the convergence rate is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281345
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On the Causality between GDP and Health Care Expenditure in Augmented Solow Growth Model
Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001
This paper examines conditional convergence of OECD countries in gross domestic product (GDP) and health care … economic growth and the speed of convergence. The speed of convergence is found to be sensitive to whether one imposes a … constant or estimate the depreciation and technological growth components. With no restrictions imposed the convergence rate is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190886
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The Relationship between Globalization, Economic Growth and Income Inequality
Heshmati, Almas; Lee, Sangchoon - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2010
This study investigates the relationship between globalization and income inequality by developing a new globalization index based on economic growth. In addition two other indices of globalization, non-parametric Kearney and parametric principal component analysis are used as benchmarks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511384
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Rhetorics vs. Realities in Implementation of e-Government Master Plan in Nepal
Rupakhetee, Kiran; Heshmati, Almas - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2011
This study discusses different facets of implementation of e-government in Nepal. With the background theoretical information about e-government in general, the Nepalese case of e-government initiatives is discussed with a specific focus on the “e-government Mater Plan”. Important pillars of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143919
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What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
Cho, Sungwook; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study examines the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to experience of poverty or poor family background during one's childhood. With the data from Korean Labor Income Panel Study, KLIPS, quantile regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764621
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What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
Cho, Sungwook; Heshmati, Almas - 2013
This study examines the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to experience of poverty or poor family background during one's childhood. With the data from Korean Labor Income Panel Study, KLIPS, quantile regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329048
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What if you had been less fortunate : the effects of poor family background on current labor market outcomes
Cho, Sungwook; Heshmati, Almas - 2013
This study examines the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to experience of poverty or poor family background during one's childhood. With the data from Korean Labor Income Panel Study, KLIPS, quantile regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204499
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What If You Had Been Less Fortunate : The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
Cho, Sungwook - 2013
This study examines the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to experience of poverty or poor family background during one's childhood. With the data from Korean Labor Income Panel Study, KLIPS, quantile regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073504