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Drivers of Entrepreneurship: Linking with Economic Growth and Employment Generation (A Panel Data Analysis)
Rasool, Farhat; Gulzar, Ahmed; Naseer, Shaheen - In: The Pakistan Development Review 51 (2012) 4, pp. 587-606
The need for entrepreneurship for economic development has always been crucial in the history of successful nations and developed economies because entrepreneurs are the leaders who invent innovative ideas that give spark to economic activities. Entrepreneurship is a key determinant of...
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How to Escape the Middle Income Trap in Iran? Lessons from Malaysia, Thailand South Korea and China
Mirjalili, Seyed Hossein; Saadat, Hossein - In: International Economic Studies 50 (2020) 1, pp. 1-12
investment, human capital, high-tech exports, total factor productivity, exports of goods and services, and the value added of … that in selected Asian countries, human capital and total factor productivity growth with positive and significant effects … have the greatest impact on avoiding the trap. In the case of Iran, human capital and the total factor productivity growth …
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The economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet: A survey
Bertschek, Irene; Briglauer, Wolfgang; Hüschelrath, Kai; … - 2016
development as well as productivity and firm performance. Eventually, the survey does not only allow the identification of main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523997
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The economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet : a survey
Bertschek, Irene; Briglauer, Wolfgang; Hüschelrath, Kai; … - 2016
development as well as productivity and firm performance. Eventually, the survey does not only allow the identification of main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522665
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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Hanushek, Eric; Woessmann, Ludger - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
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The informal sector and tax on employment : a dynamic general equilibrium investigation
Saracoğlu, Şirin - 2005
This paper elaborates on the evolution of the informal sector vis-à-vis the evolution of agricultural and formal sectors in a stylized developing country economy in process of growth. The analytical contribution of this essay extends the Ramsey theory of growth into a framework that includes an...
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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU: To what extent spatial spillovers matter?
Ozyurt, Selin; Dees, Stephane - 2015
This paper investigates the main determinants of economic growth in the European Union from a regional perspective. The analysis is based on a recently available dataset from the European Cluster Observatory covering 253 European regions over the period 2002-2008. In addition to the traditional...
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Does Governance Cause Growth? Evidence from China
Wilson, Ross - 2015
This study uses heterogeneous panel Granger causality tests to investigate the causal relationships between quality of governance and economic growth at the provincial level in China during the reform era. I find a significant and positive effect of economic growth on subsequent quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208723
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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU : to what extent spatial spillovers matter?
Özyurt, Selin; Dées, Stéphane - 2015
This paper investigates the main determinants of economic growth in the European Union from a regional perspective. The analysis is based on a recently available dataset from the European Cluster Observatory covering 253 European regions over the period 2002-2008. In addition to the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483641
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Maastricht Reflections on Innovation
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
"Innovation is good for you" appears actually the common feature of most science, technology and innovation studies over the last decades. This appears, however surprising given the fact that innovation failure rather than innovation success appears a much more common feature. Hence the simple,...
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