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Engineering growth : innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017
This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level data on engineering and patenting for the US during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602763
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Jánossy elmélete az új növekedéselmélet tükrében
Tarján, Tamás - 2010
economic development" in a very original way and having formulated his theory in a specific language. He managed to identify … the "carrier" of development focusing on the systematic examination of the post-war reconstruction periods, and setup a … growth theory that have appeared in the nineties. The "real carrier of economic development" matches to the "human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935473
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The Effects of Barriers to Physical Capital Accumulation on Ghana’s Post-Independence Economic Growth
Emmanuel, Ameyaw - 2023
Ghana’s economy was identical to South Korea’s economy in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, however, Ghana’s economy has substantially lagged. To explain Ghana’s poor long-run economic growth, we build a neoclassical growth model to primarily examine the role of Ghana’s barriers to physical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014350336
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‘Make in India’ Strategy of Manufacturing Led Growth : A Comparison with the East Asian Model of Development with Emphasis on Human Capital Formation and Labour Market Flexibility...
Kapoor, Neha - 2015
alternative to conventional theories of economic development based on the historical pathway of development exhibited by developed … highlight the timeliness of pursuing this approach and its comparison with the East Asian model of development with emphasis on …, inclusive growth and economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131989
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Jánossy elmélete az új növekedéselmélet tükrében
Tarján, Tamás - 2010
economic development" in a very original way and having formulated his theory in a specific language. He managed to identify … the "carrier" of development focusing on the systematic examination of the post-war reconstruction periods, and setup a … growth theory that have appeared in the nineties. The "real carrier of economic development" matches to the "human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494419
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Engineering growth
Caicedo, Felipe Valencia; Maloney, William F. - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012259783
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What accounts for the US ascendancy to economic superpower by the early 20th century : the morrill act - human capital hypothesis
Ehrlich, Isaac; Cook, Adam; Yin, Yong - 2018
Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to its overtaking the UK as economic superpower. We explore the contributing factors. Identifying the land-grant colleges system triggered by the 1862/1890 Morrill Acts (MAs) as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880789
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The economics and politics of women's rights
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle; Voena, Alessandra - 2011
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or … conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282336
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Children s health, human capital accumulation, and R&D-based economic growth
Baldanzi, Annarita; Bucci, Alberto; Prettner, Klaus - 2017
We analyze the effects of children's health on human capital accumulation and on long-run economic growth. For this purpose we design an R&D-based growth model in which the stock of human capital of the next generation is determined by parental education and health investments. We show that i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609038
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Refugee resettlement, redistribution and growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2018
This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less advanced and less wealthy economy combined with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814840