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In an influential paper Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) argue that the evidence on the international disparity in per-capita income levels and growth rates is consistent with a standard Solow model, once it has been augmented to include human capital as an accumulable factor. In a study on...
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In an influential paper Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) argue that the evidence on the international disparity in levels of per capita income and rates of growth is consistent with a standard Solow model, once it has been augmented to include human capital as an accumulable factor. In a study on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440426
This paper looks at Austria's pattern of development and its lessons for Eastern Europe. Austria's development path is characterized by two features. In the post-war era Austria was among the countries with the fastest convergence rate. At the same time Austria's movement up the technological...
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This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer groups'...
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This paper examines how much changing educational disparity for specific causes of death contributed to the change in overall educational mortality disparity between 1981/82 and 1991/92 among Austrian adults aged 30-74 years. Besides specific causes of death, the study also examines educational...
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industrialized western countries. The present paper aims to determine whether or not education-related differentials in mortality …
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by education, occupation and employment were calculated for alcohol- and non-alcohol-related causes of death. A … economically inactive. A good education and sophisticated vocational skills are important protective factors for alcohol problems …
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The present study examines the health behavior of more than 30,000 individuals aged 25-74 in Austria, using education … education has a great positive impact on the extent to which a person lives a healthy lifestyle with regard to diet, physical … activity, and smoking. Furthermore, the prevalence of overweight decreases significantly with any increase in education, and …
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Diese Studie liefert eine detaillierte Analyse der Staatsausgabenstrukturen Österreichs im europäischen Vergleich anhand der COFOG-Daten ("Classification of the Functions of Government") von Eurostat. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt zum einen auf einer Einordnung der Staatsausgabenstrukturen...
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