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Productiivity Convergence among OECD Countries: The Postwar Experience
Wolff, Edward N. - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 17-22
This article by Edward N. Wolff of New York University examines trends in convergence in OECD countries toward U … investment, education, and R&D in OECD countries accounting for the catch-up. The process of convergence seems to have ended in … the 1990s, reflecting slower growth in OECD countries, a diminishing of the forces behind the convergence process given …
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Singapore’s economic growth
Vu, Khuong M. - In: Information Economics and Policy 25 (2013) 4, pp. 284-300
Singapore’s remarkable success in economic development has been strongly associated with the country’s vigorous efforts to embrace the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution to promote economic growth. This study provides a comprehensive investigation of the contributions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010719715
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Economic Growth, Productivity and Convergence of Middle East and North African Countries
Malik, Mushtaq - 2019
East and North African countries for the period 1971-2014. Further, we also tested the hypothesis of regional convergence … significant role and growth in the region is due to the capital accumulation. Both beta and sigma measures of convergence suggest … that there is convergence in per worker GDP (labour productivity) and per capita GDP. The study favours adoption of large …
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The debate about the sources of growth in East Asia after a quarter of a century : much ado about nothing
Felipe, Jesus; McCombie, John S. L. - 2017
This paper reviews what the profession has learned during the last 25 years about East Asia's growth using growth accounting exercises and estimations of production functions. The publication of Alwyn Young's (1992, 1994, 1995) and Jong-Il Kim and Lawrence Lau's (1994) studies, and Paul...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647748
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Is anything left of the debate about the sources of growth in East Asia thirty years later?
Felipe, Jesus; McCombie, John S. L. - 2023
The year 2023 commemorates the 30th anniversary of the publication of the influential, yet controversial, study The East Asian Miracle report by the World Bank (1993). An important part of the report's analysis was concerned with the sources of growth in East Asia. This was based on the...
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China in the middle-income trap?
Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2017 - (updated version)
Over the last decade, a growing body of literature dealing with the phenom-enon of the "middle-income trap" (MIT) has emerged. The term MIT usually refers to countries that have experienced rapid growth and thus reached the status of a middle-income country (MIC) in a very short period of time,...
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In Search of Larger Per Capita Incomes: How To Prioritize across Productivity Determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535762
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The landscape of economic growth : do middle-income countries differ?
Eichengreen, Barry; Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2017
We review the growth experience of middle-income countries. Economic factors associated with growth appear to differ between middle income and other countries. The efficiency of the financial system is importantly related to the growth rate in low- and middle-income countries, but appears to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703225
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In Search of Larger Per Capita Incomes : How to Prioritize Across Productivity Determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro - 2017
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958090
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In search of larger per capita incomes : how to prioritize across productivity determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457783