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preferences but in addition on the technological possibilities to enhance human capital due to productive consumption, (d) a …
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stock of human capital. Second, productive consumption is interpreted as increasing the efficiency of labour. Both …
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. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled … once incentive effects of emigration on human capital formation are accounted for. …
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. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled … once incentive effects of emigration on human capital formation are accounted for. …
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Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
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Endogenous time discounting is introduced in a two-period human-capital-driven growth model: subjective discount rate … depends upon the level of human capital. This assumption accords strongly with the micro-level evidence. In the model an … individual optimizes consumption over two periods. Low human capital societies do not grow fast since high discount rate …
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Emerging economies have specific characteristics that condition the use of intellectual capital. The economic crisis … has had important consequences for emerging countries. The investments in intellectual capital could slow down this … influence. This paper uses a new model for assessing the effects of an investment in intellectual capital on the performance of …
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We may be entering a new geologic age called the Anthropocene in which humans are a dominant force shaping the planet’s future. That future is already taking frightening shape in many ways, from climate change to plunging biodiversity to the epidemic of plastics in our oceans.The strain on the...
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