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Structural Change, Wage Formation and Economic Growth in Low-Income Countries
Bender, Dieter - 2012
This paper analyzes the effects of structural change on the rates of growth of wages, employment and per-capita income in low-income countries, their dualistic structure shown by a Lewis-type two-sector model. Structural change is measured by the varying shares of sectoral employment in total...
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Suomen kasvu: Menetetty vuosikymmen ja lähivuosien mahdollisuudet
Kaitila, Ville; Kauhanen, Antti; Kuusi, Tero; Lehmus, Markku - 2018
In the report we analyse the reasons for the weakness of Finland’s economic performance over the past decade and assess the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU-countries since 2009 can largely be explained by the collapse...
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The relationship between housing investment and economic growth in China: A panel analysis using quarterly provincial data
Chen, Jie; Zhu, Aiyong - 2008
China using the quarterly province-level panel data for the period 1999 q1 to 2007 q4. Recently developed econometric … clear support of a stable long-run relationship between housing investment, non-housing investment and GDP in China. We then … country, while the impacts of housing investment on GDP behave strikingly differently in the three sub-regions of China. …
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The (declining) role of households in sustaining China's economy: Structural path analysis for 1997 - 2007
Yang, Ling; Thurlow, James; Lahr, Michael L. - 2012
Current explanations for private consumption's diminished role in China focus on the expansion of exports and … enhancing private consumption's role in China will require new (services-oriented) growth patterns and a significant realignment …
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China's Impact on Africa - the Role of Trade, FDI and Aid
Busse, Matthias; Erdogan, Ceren; Mühlen, Henning - 2014
evidence for displacement effects of African firms due to competition from China. Chinese foreign investment and aid in Africa …
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The decomposition analysis of CO 2 emission and economic growth in Pakistan India and China
Attari, Muhammad Irfan Javaid; Attaria, Sumayya Nasim - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 2, pp. 330-343
analysis of PIC nations i.e. Pakistan, India and China. The study also provides the detail information regarding the …
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Life satisfaction in urban China: components and determinants
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - 2008
Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by … international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in …
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
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Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988 - 2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income …
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Structural change, technology and economic growth: Brazil and the CIBS in a comparative perspective
Cimoli, Mario; Pereira, Wellington; Porcile, Gabriel; … - 2008
Schumepterian growth theory stresses the role of structural change in long run growth. Countries which increase the share of technology-intensive sectors in their economic structures benefit more from technological learning and innovation. In addition, they are more able to respond to changes in...
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