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Patterns of Specialization and (Un)conditional Convergence: The Cases of Brazil, China and India
Hadengue, Marine; Warin, Thierry - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2013
/China/India. We will compare the convergence between these countries and the productivity frontier represented by the U.S. over the … past 10 years. A first contribution is that as the distance between the level of labor productivity in Brazil (China, India …) and the United States decreases, the growth rate of labor productivity within the country decreases. In other words, the …
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Zum Stand des Aufholprozesses bei Produktivität und Pro-Kopf-Einkommen in Zentraleuropa
Gerstenberger, Wolfgang - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 09 (2002) 01, pp. 26-31
Während in Tschechien 1998 bereits vergleichsweise viele rentable Arbeitsplätze bereitgestellt werden konnten, war Sachsen hier weniger erfolgreich. Auf der anderen Seite ist in Sachsen das erzeugte Einkommen pro Kopf deutlich stärker gestiegen als in Tschechien. Die günstigere...
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From Socialist Chowcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the Role of Technical Change from East Germany's Post-World War II Growth Performance.
Keller, W. - Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems - 1996
In this paper I emphasize the contribution of technical change towards productivity growth in explaining the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209384
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Battling Infection, Fighting Stagnation
Chakraborty, Shankha; Papageorgiou, Chris; Perez … - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2010
Why are some countries mired in poverty and ill health? Can policy facilitate their transition to sustained growth and better living standards? We offer answers using a dynamic model of disease and development. Endogenous transmission of infectious disease generates non-ergodic growth where...
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The Service Sector in India
Mukherjee, Arpita - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013
The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but …
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Performance of the Service Sector in the Republic of Korea: An Empirical Investigation
Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2012
There is a widespread perception that the Republic of Korea’s service sector lags behind its dynamic world-class manufacturing sector. We empirically analyze the past performance of the Republic of Korea’s service sector in order to assess its prospects as an engine of growth. Our analysis...
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Features, Restrictions, and Policy Recommendations in the Service Sector of the People’s Republic of China
Wei, Wang - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013
The development of the service sector in the People’s Republic of China has not kept pace with the country’s overall economic development. The share of employment in services is still lagging behind that of output and is also below the international norm. Moving from traditional services to...
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The Service Sector in Asia: Is It an Engine of Growth?
Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2012
, somewhat surprisingly in light of the difficulty of achieving productivity gains in services, we also find that services labor … productivity grew at a healthy pace in much of the region. Overall our analysis provides substantial cause for optimism about the …
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relative Prices and Uneven Growth.
Pitchford, J.D. - Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, College … - 1996
which allows explicity both for demand, for examination of the sources of productivity growth and for substitution between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005663663
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The Economic Impact of Telecommunications Diffusion on UK Productivity Growth
Correa, Lisa - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2003
productivity. Using econometric modelling and input-output economics, the analysis examines and measures the extent to which … telecommunications has contributed to national and sectoral productivity performance. The main findings from this paper suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113451