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Explaining the Skill Premium: Technical Change or Capita-Skill Complements?
Willman, Alpo; León-Ledesma, Miguel A.; McAdam, Peter - EcoMod Network - 2012
We examine the two-level and the three-level nested four factor Constant Elasticity of Substitution production functions, where labor is disaggregated into skilled and unskilled labor and the capital stock into structures and equipment capital. We estimate inter-factor substitution elasticity...
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Social security, differential fertility, and the dynamics of the earnings distribution
Zhao, Kai - 2009
Economists and demographers have long argued that fertility differs by income (differential fertility), and that social security creates incentives for people to rear fewer children. Does the effect of social security on fertility differ by income? How does social security change the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292020
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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries
Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009
economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293303
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Disinflations in Latin America and the Caribbean: A free lunch?
Hofstetter, Marc - 2004
This paper challenges the conventional view according to which disinflations in LAC-even from low and moderate peaks-have been carried out at no cost to output. After suggesting a new methodology that allows for long-lived effects and inflation inertia when measuring costs of disinflations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293509
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Growth and inequality in Ireland: 1987 - 1999
Clancy, Cathal; Madden, David - 2005
Growth Incidence Curve of Ravallion and Chen to investigate the extent to which growth was “pro-poor”. The paper also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293853
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The push factors for corporate social responsibility: A probit analysis
Cominetti, Paolo; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - 2012
In the last two decades in OECD countries there has been increased development of Social Responsible (CSR is the acronym of Corporate Social Responsibility) certified firms. This certification is assigned by public and private companies which guarantee that the behaviour of a certain firm is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294294
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Corporate social responsibility and firms' performance: A stratigraphical analysis
Comincioli, Nicola; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - 2012
Over the last two decades in OECD countries an increasing number of firms are obtaining certification as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). Several studies (including Preston and O'Bannon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Sieger, 2001; Ullman, 1985)...
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Does corporate social responsibility affect the performance of firms?
Comincioli, Nicola; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - 2012
Over the last two decades in OECD countries an increasing number of firms are obtaining certification as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). Several studies (including Preston and O'Bannon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Sieger, 2001; Ullman, 1985)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294339
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Demographic change and consumption: A long-term simulation analysis
Stiller, Silvia - 2000
This study investigates the influence of the demographic ageing process in Germany on the long-term economic growth … path. For this purpose a macroeconomic simulation model which combines demographic forecasts with a modified Ramsey growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295613
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In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries
Klasen, Stephan; Herzer, Dierk; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2007
This paper challenges the widespread belief that FDI generally has a positive impact on economic growth in developing … countries. It addresses the limitations of the existing literature and re-examines the FDI-led growth hypothesis for 28 … countries FDI has no statistically significant long-run impact on growth. In very few cases, FDI indeed contributes to economic …
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