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Mortality, Fertility and Persistent Income Inequality
Sarkar, Jayanta - 2007
-demographic literature emphasizes differential fertility channel, this paper investigates differential child mortality - differences in child … model in which both child mortality and fertility are endogenously determined by parental choice, this paper demonstrates … that differential child mortality and its interaction with differential fertility may generate an quot;income inequality …
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Mali - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Coulibaly, Ousmane - 2021
the dysfunction of activity sectors (agriculture, energy, education, employment, services, etc.). Natural resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421112
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Innovation and knowledge spillovers in developing countries
Bascavusoglu, Elif (contributor) - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate empirically the determinants of innovative activities in emerging countries, with particular attention to national, international and intersectoral knowledge spillovers. Our study concerns 16 emerging and 10 technology source countries, for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003486194
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita - 2007
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776490
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita - 2014
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Its findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750910
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Revolutionary developments in the world economy
Hanusch, Horst - 2016
In the last decades the world changed dramatically. From a global point of view three disruptive processes are on their way which can be called revolutionary: a political, a technological and an economic revolution. This paper aims to give an overview when and how these movements started what...
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The impact of competition with China in the US market on innovation in Mexican manufacturing firms
Meza González, Liliana; Sepulveda, Jaime Marie - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 28 (2019), pp. 1-21
for the US market on the innovation efforts of the Mexican manufacturing sector. After controlling for the influence of … innovation of Mexican manufacturing firms in products, in processes, and for the world. Given that the quadratic positive effect …
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Social development and ICT adoption : developing world perspective
Lechman, Ewa; Kaur, Harleen - 2016
The process of technology diffusion is complex, and one should bear in mind that multiple elements may be claimed as its essential determinants. Insofar, voluminous theoretical and empirical literature has been issued where attempts of identification of the latter has been made. However, we...
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Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change : International Evidence
Berman, Eli; Bound, John; Machin, Stephen J. - 1999
generally rising or stable relative wages. Moreover, the same manufacturing industries simultaneously increased demand for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014221677
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Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change : International Evidence
Berman, Eli; Bound, John; Machin, Stephen J. - 2000
generally rising or stable relative wages. Moreover, the same manufacturing industries simultaneously increased demand for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059020