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COVID-19 in Latin America : a high toll on lives and livelihoods
Bakker, Bas B.; Gonçalves, Carlos Eduardo Soares - 2021
Latin America was hit hard by Covid-19, both in terms of lives and livelihoods. Early lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020 prevented an explosion of deaths at the time but did not stop the pandemic from later wreaking havoc in the region. This paper investigates the dynamics of pandemics in...
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Population, Technology, and Growth : from the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond
Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. - 2021
This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....
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Population, Technology, and Growth : From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond
Galor, Oded - 1998
This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472002
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Long-term economic growth and the standard of living in Indonesia
Baten, Jörg; Stegl, Mojgan; Eng, Pierre van der - 2010
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Long-Term Economic Growth and the Standard of Living in Indonesia
van der Eng, Pierre; Baten, Joerg; Stegl, Mojgan - 2011
This paper analyses the relationship between economic growth and improvements in the standard of living, indicated by average heights. It uses four sets of anthropometric data to construct time series of average human height since the 1770s. The paper observes a significant decline of heights in...
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Fertility and prosperity : links between demography and economic growth
Werding, Martin; Munz, Sonja; Gács, Vera - 2008
The present study reports on results emerging from the research project «Fertility and Prosperity: Links between … countries and (b) a survey of fertility outcomes and family policies in a limited number of developed countries. The results … indicate that the decline in fertility observed in the past, through its impact on the size and age-composition of the labour …
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A tale of two armies : comparative growth in the mirror of the First World War
Cranfield, John A. L.; Inwood, Kris E. - In: Australian economic history review : a journal of … 55 (2015) 2, pp. 212-233
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Spatial diversification of living standards in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans
Karmowska, Grażyna; Marciniak, Mirosława - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 18 (2015) 4, pp. 123-138
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Measuring the interdependence between economic growth and human development in South Africa
Ngwakwe, Collins C. - In: EuroEconomica 39 (2020) 2, pp. 94-103
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Spatial diversification of living standards in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans
Karmowska, Grażyna; Marciniak, Mirosława - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 18 (2015) 4, pp. 123-138
The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on the variation in the standard of living and quality of life of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern European and the Balkan countries previously belonging to the Soviet sphere of influence. Nineteen post-communist countries were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867975