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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
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Gender wage disparity and economic prosperity in Pakistan
Javed, Maria Faiq; Jadoon, Atif Khan; Malik, Ayesha; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
The present study is designed to examine the relationship between wage inequalities and economic prosperity in the case of Pakistan. Using provincial-level data for the years 2000 to 2020, the study estimated a multivariate regression model by employing Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL)...
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Unemployment and development
Feng, Ying; Lagakos, David; Rauch, James E. - 2018 - This Version: Oct 2018
This paper draws on household survey data from countries of all income levels to measure how average unemployment rates … vary with income per capita. We document that unemployment is increasing with GDP per capita. Furthermore, we show that … this fact is accounted for almost entirely by low-educated workers, whose unemployment rates are strongly increasing in GDP …
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Unemployment and Development
Feng, Ying - 2019
This paper draws on household survey data from countries of all income levels to measure how average unemployment rates … vary with income per capita. We document that unemployment is increasing with GDP per capita. Furthermore, we show that … this fact is accounted for almost entirely by low-educated workers, whose unemployment rates are strongly increasing in GDP …
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Großbritannien: Von Keynes zu Thatcher und zurück?
Kuntze, Oscar-Erich - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 15, pp. 28-36
Die britische Wirtschaft hat die weltwirtschaftliche Schwächephase relativ gut durchgestanden, das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt erhöhte sich 2002 um 1,8%. Die Arbeitslosenquote ist mit 5,1% im Jahresdurchschnitt gegenüber 2001 nur gering gestiegen. 2003 dürfte das reale BIP um 1¾%...
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Der Arbeitsmarkt in Sachsen - Jahresrueckblick 2000
Schreiber, Carsten - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 08 (2001) 1, pp. 16-21
Mit 387.000 im Jahresdurchschnitt 2000 ist die Zahl der Arbeitslosen in Sachsen auf ein neues Rekordniveau angestiegen. Steigende Einstellungen im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe wurden durch den fortgesetzten Stellenabbau im Baugewerbe und im oeffentlichen Bereich ueberlagert. Die im Vergleich zum...
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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...
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The Trend in Female Labour Force Participation:What Can Be Expected for the Future?
Euwals, Rob; Knoef, Marike; Vuuren, Daniël J. van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
During the 1980s and 1990s, the Netherlands experienced a strong increase in the labourforce participation of women. This study investigates the increase of participation over thesuccessive generations of women, and produces an educated guess for future participation.For this purpose, we...
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How large is the private sector in Africa? : evidence from national accounts and labor markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529151