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The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the West
Link, Andreas - 2023
The Renaissance era in Western Europe was marked by a flourishing of economic and cultural life that gave rise to numerous discoveries and inventions. This paper studies the role played by Greek migrants in this process. Using a newly constructed dataset on Greek migrants in Europe after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227815
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The middle-income trap 2.0 : the increasing role of human capital in the age of automation and implications for developing Asia
Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2020 - Update March 2020
We modify the concept of the middle-income trap (MIT) against the background of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the (future) challenges of automation (creating the concept of the "MIT 2.0") and discuss the implications for developing Asia. In particular, we analyze the impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206273
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The impact of mobile technology on economic growth : global insights from 2000-2017 developments
Bahia, Kalvin; Castells, Pau; Pedros, Xavie - 2019
The last two decades have seen a lot research devoted to understanding the economic impact of telecoms infrastructure; however, the explosion of mobile technology, especially in the last decade, has received much less attention. This study addresses important evidence gaps by considering the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151904
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On the two catching-up mechanisms in Asian development
Kunieda, Takuma; Okada, Keisuke; Sawada, Yasuyuki; … - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 31-57
more strongly in Asia than in the rest of the world. Third, innovation has also been critical in facilitating recent growth …, technological imitation, and then innovation. The experiences of these Asian economies in the last several decades provide critical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328193
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Explaining Economic Growth in Developed Economies after 1980
Ballesteros, Carlos - 2016
We use the Aguion and Howitt (2009) theoretical model of endogenous economic growth to explain the declining economic growth in developed economies in the period 1981-2009. Aguion and Howitt theoretical framework combines Solownian and Schumpeterian elements in a single scenario, so that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984814
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The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the West
Link, Andreas - 2023
The Renaissance era in Western Europe was marked by a flourishing of economic and cultural life that gave rise to numerous discoveries and inventions. This paper studies the role played by Greek migrants in this process. Using a newly constructed dataset on Greek migrants in Europe after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476228
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Distance to the Pre-industrial Technological Frontier and Economic Development
Özak, Ömer - 2018
of innovation and entrepreneurial activity, suggesting that distance from the frontier may have fostered the emergence of … a culture conducive to innovation, knowledge creation, and entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940315
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Financial development, globalization, and structural transformation in developing countries
Avoumatsodo, Komla - 2023
Rodrik (2016) pointed out that late industrializing countries are experiencing a lower peak at lower income levels in the manufacturing employment share hump-shaped path. The present study develops a theoretical model to analyze the dynamics of industrialization and deindustrialization in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333588
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Engineers, innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2014
Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370094
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009
Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003801015