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Technology adoption and inequality
Faissol, Daniel Mello - 2008
The prices of technological equipment have seen significant declines in recent decades. In Chapter 2 of this thesis, we examine the evidence and causes of these price declines. Among several factors, we focus on the learning curve effect where the cost of producing technological equipment...
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Three essays on the endogenous growth of a regional economy under the impacts of demographic changes
Kim, Tae-Jeong - 2010
transfer is given directly to the individual proportional to his or her opportunity cost stemming from education investment … that there are significant gaps in returns to education between race and migration status in Illinois; and there exists … in their education works relatively better. Furthermore, under this policy scheme, the native’s human capital stock also …
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14.452 Economic Growth, Fall 2008
Acemoglu, Daron - 2008
The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This half semester class presents an...
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Wage inequality and productivity growth: motivating carrots and crippling sticks: SKOPE Research Paper No. 40, Spring 2002
Rogers, Mark; Vernon, Guy - 2002
Wage inequality is a particular focus of attention not only in public debates over the need for social regulation to support equity, but those over the implications of social regulation for productive performance. The present paper employs panel techniques to examine the comparative historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441373
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DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – CASE OF SERBIA
Zubovic, Jovan; Domazet, Ivana; Stosic, Ivan - 2009
increase the levelof competitiveness. Finally we analyze Serbian agricultural education system and give some instructions for …
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The returns to education : microeconomics
Harmon, Colm; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Walker, Ian - 2003
In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate … regression methods where the estimated return is obtained as the coefficient ona years of education variable in a log wage … effect on the earnings of an individual from participation in education. Moreover, the size of the effect seems large …
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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2002
enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China … of 1999 and spring of 2000, demonstrates that education is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. Educational … attainment is an important and significant factor in the lay-off decision-the more education a worker has the better his/ her …
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Poverty, human capital, life-cycle and the tax and transfer bases : the role of education for development and international competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - 2011
revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … the education system (by private and public education investments) determines the quality of the human capital stock as … consumption and saving.An efficient tax and transfer system being accompanied by an education system financed in public private …
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Essays in the economics of education
Abington, Casey - 2010
The first essay examines the allocation of education spending. Human capital investment in early childhood can lead to …, government education spending is allocated disproportionately toward late childhood and young adulthood. The consequences of a … education. Taking as given the higher returns to early investment, the modelshows the current allocation may nonetheless be …
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Implications of human capital enhancement in fisheries
Coglan, Louisa; Pascoe, Sean - 2007
productivity improvements resulting from increased education and training could exceed those from increased technological adoption …
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