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Fat spouses and hours of work: are body and Pareto weights correlated?

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

distribution of relative physical attractiveness in the population. -- hours worked ; body mass index ; collective model …

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Another empirical look at the Kuznets curve

Bhandari, Rabindra; Pradhan, Gyan; Upadhyay, Mukti - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 7-19

This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis. A model that incorporates interactive as well as direct effects of several factors to capture their combined effect on inequality is developed. The...

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The startup process

Acs, Zoltan J.; Amorós, José Ernesto - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 121-132

Entrepreneurship is considered to be an important mechanism for economic development through employment, innovation and … development, the factor-driven stage, the efficiency-driven stage and the innovation-driven stage. Second, to examine the … empirical evidence on the relationship between stages of economic development and entrepreneurship. Third, to present a summary …

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Participación en organizaciones sociales en Chile : ¿una alternativa para mejorar el bienestar económico de los hogares?

Salazar, César A.; Jaime, Mónica M. - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 191-215

This research aims to find the determinants of participation on social organizations in Chile through a social capital approach, as well as to evaluate the existence of a positive effect between participation and household welfare. In the case of economic and local organizations several...

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Prospects of Poland's socio-economic development in light of statistical data

Luciński, Witold - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 39-51

The objective of this paper is to evaluate, in light of statistical data, Poland’s capacity for dynamic development in … assess Poland's development opportunities in the coming years. For the sake of simplicity of presentation, the author has … its long-term socio-economic development. -- short-term indices ; long-term indices ; socio-economic development …

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R&D disappearance in the period of economic transformation in Poland

Sulmicki, Jan - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 66-75

scientific and technical staff employed in research and development. After transition to a market economy, the level of …

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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries

Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

Of the world’s 6.7 billion people (as of 2008), 1.3 billion lived on less than $1.25 Purchasing Power Parity dollars per person per day and another 1.7 billion lived on between $1.25 and $2.50 PPP dollars (Chen and Ravallion, 2012). The scourge of absolute economic misery among billions of the...

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Financial reforms, interest rate behaviour and economic growth in Nigeria

Obamuyi, Tomola M.; Olorunfemi, Sola - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 39-55

The paper examines the implications of financial reform and interest rate behaviour on economic growth in Nigeria. The cointegration and error correction model were used on time series data from 1970-2006. The results demonstrate that financial reform and interest rates have significant impact...

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Apertura económica y producto sectorial : alguna evidencia para la economía Argentina

Lanteri, Luis N. - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-28

Orthodox and heterodox economists have promoted different liberalization measures in the economy in accordance with its vision for agriculture and manufacturing sectors. In this paper, we try to determine the impact of external terms of trade and domestic (the latter considers foreign trade...

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La riqueza de los pobres : los microahorros

Chirino, José Boza; Zabaleta, José Ignacio - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)

People who do not have access to the financial system also saved. In this work we explain the most commonly used forms of savings who have no access to formal banking. As we shall see, the form of savings varies from one culture to another, from one country to another and from one circumstance...

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