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Impact of services trade liberalization on employment and people movement in South Asia
Chanda, Rupa - 2011
growth of services output, trade and investment have affected service sector employment in South Asia and the extent to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397251
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Impact of Population Aging on Asia's Future Growth
Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2011
The demographic dividend that contributed substantially to economic growth in developing Asia in the past is 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507335
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Unemployment invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This paper provides a critique of the ?unemployment invariance hypothesis,? according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265548
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Product market competition, investment and employment-abundant versus job-poor growth : a real options perspective
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2005
The role of product market reforms in achieving the objective of higher employment and growth has recently received …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271923
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Tourism, Jobs, Capital Accumulation and the Economy: A Dynamic Analysis
Sgro, Pasquale M.; Chao, Chi-Chur; Hazari, Bharat R.; … - 2005
resident welfare. A tourism boom improves the terms of trade, increases labor employment, but lowers capital accumulation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312466
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Unemployment invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis", according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281026
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The causal effects of an industrial policy
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - 2012
Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282152
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"Geschäftsmodell Deutschland" und außenwirtschaftliche Ungleichgewichte in der EU
Ohr, Renate; Zeddies, Götz - 2010
Die vergangenen Jahrzehnte waren weltweit durch eine Zunahme der außenwirtschaftlichen Ungleichgewichte gekennzeichnet. Den Leistungsbilanzüberschussländern, insbesondere Deutschland, wird in diesem Zusammenhang zunehmend vorgeworfen, durch zu moderate Lohnsteigerungen wesentlich zum Aufbau...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311701
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Does Public Scientific Research Complement Industry R&D Investment? The Case of NIH Supported Basic and Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industry R&D
Toole, Andrew A. - 2005
This research investigates the hypothesis that publicly funded scientific research complements private R&D investment in the pharmaceutical industry. New microlevel data on public research investment by the U.S. National Institutes of Health allow measures of basic and clinical research in seven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297487
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Returns to Private Equity: Idiosyncratic Risk Does Matter!
Müller, Elisabeth - 2007
Owners of private companies often invest a substantial share of their net worth in one company, which exposes them to idiosyncratic risk. For US companies we investigate whether owners require compensation for lack of diversification in the form of higher returns to equity. Exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298006