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Does good governance contribute to pro-poor growth? : A conceptual framework and empirical evidence from cross-country studies
Resnick, Danielle (contributor); Birner, Regina (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003117169
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Is poverty reduction in Europe doomed? : conjectures, facts and a cautiously optimistic conclusion
Marx, Ive; Haapanala, Henri; Marchal, Sarah - 2024
There has not been much progress on the poverty front in Europe over recent decades, at least if we take it as a …. Some argue that adequate poverty relief is simply too expensive or that it would put too much of a redistributive burden on … floors and thus out-of-work benefit levels are inexorably under pressure, making poverty relief both harder to achieve and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527098
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Do Disability Inequalities Grow with Development? Evidence from 40 Countries
Lewis, Emily; Mitra, Sophie; Yap, Jaclyn - 2023
With development, people around the world have become wealthier and live longer. At the same time, development can lead … poverty are found to be significantly larger in countries at higher levels of development. However, this is not the case for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347316
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Fertile soil for structural funds?
Ederveen, Sjef; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nahuis, Richard - 2002
Structural funds are the most intensively used policy instrument by the EuropeanUnion to promote economic growth in its member states and to speed up the process ofconvergence. This paper empirically explores the effectiveness of European Structural Fundsby means of a panel data analysis for 13...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327526
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The relative importance of labour market reforms to economic growth
Aiginger, Karl - 2003
Insufficiently flexible labour markets combined with high welfare costs are often thought to be the main cause of unsatisfactory growth in Europe. This paper uses the OECD data on regulation of the product and labour market to confirm the difference in the extent of regulation between US and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494006
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The Growth Effects of El Niño and La Niña : Local Weather Conditions Matter
Couharde, Cecile - 2019
given that climate change may substantially strengthen long-distance relationships between weather patterns around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858930
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Old Wine in a New Bottle : Growth Convergence Dynamics in the EU
Apergis, Nicholas - 2011
In this paper we explore convergence of real per capita output across the European Union (EU) countries as well as the transitional behaviour of possible underlying factors that are responsible for any convergence or divergence pattern. The new panel convergence methodology developed by Phillips...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756684
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The Growth Effects of El Niño and La Niña : Local Weather Conditions Matter
Couharde, Cécile - 2020
given that climate change may substantially strengthen long-distance relationships between weather patterns around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846479
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Comparing Inequality Aversion Across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ
Bargain, Olivier - 2013
We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when controlling for actual country differences in labor supply responses. Towards this aim, we estimate labor supply elasticities at both extensive and intensive margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086204
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A three tier strategy for successful European countries in the nineties
Aiginger, Karl - 2003
The economic performance of European countries was in general disappointing in the nineties. However, country difference increased, as it was that in some European countries economic growth and productivity accelerated or could match US rates. This paper uses a broad set of performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494030