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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
—together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
- together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue … that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391202
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383297
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Trading population for productivity : theory and evidence
Galor, Oded (contributor); Mountford, Andrew (contributor) - 2008
gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant … portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions … ; Growth ; Human Capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728408
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Trading Population for Productivity : Theory and Evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2008
gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant … portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220825
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Three revolutions of the modern era
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2019
The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026088
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Technological change and inequality in the very long run
Madsen, Jakob Brøchner; Strulik, Holger - 2020
standard unified growth model. We measure inequality by the ratio between land rent and wages and show that, before the onset … change and indirectly through increasing population growth. Thefertility transition and the child quantity-quality trade …
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Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution : Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912
Chin, Aimee; Juhn, Chinhui; Thompson, Peter - 2021
Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation - the steam engine - on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers, while...
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Human development through the lens of digital literacy
Debbra Toria Nipo; Jaratin Lily; Sidah Idris; Saizal … - In: Business and Economic Research : BER 10 (2020) 3, pp. 203-215
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Fuel for economic growth?
Gars, Johan; Olovsson, Conny - 2015
We set up an endogenous growth model in which the efficiency of both capital and fossil energy can be improved, whereas … states: one stagnant where energy is fully derived from the alternative energy source, and one with balanced growth where …
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