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Does technology adoption matter for economic development? : an empirical evidence for Latin American countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
Extraordinary spread of new information and communication (ICTs) technologies has been recognized worldwide. ICTs are … communication technologies (ICTs) adoption and dynamics of economic growth and development in Latin American countries. Preliminary … we consider ICTs diffusion patterns in Latin American countries, approximating the diffusion process by S-shaped curves …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802107
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ICT diffusion and the finance-growth nexus : a panel analysis on ECOWAS countries
Alimi, Ahmed S.; Adediran, Idris A. - In: Future Business Journal 6 (2020) 16, pp. 1-10
-rent realities highlighting the significance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to modern societies, the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308303
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ICTs diffusion trajectories and economic development : an empirical evidence for 46 developing countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
. Temporarily, the spread on new information and communication technologies (ICTs) is massive. The objectives of the study are … twofold. Using panel data we analyze the diffusion trajectories of ICTs in developing countries, and we assess the dynamics of … the process. Secondly, we hypothesize on existence quantitative links between ICTs adoption and economic development. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802112
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Long-Run Growth and the Evolution of Technological Knowledge
Hakenes, Hendrik; Irmen, Andreas - 2007
The long-run evolution of per-capita income exhibits a structural break often associated with the Industrial Revolution. We follow Mokyr (2002) and embed the idea that this structural break reflects a regime switch in the evolution of technological knowledge into a dynamic framework, using Airy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422148
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Complexity, Specialization, and Growth
Ferrarini, Benno; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation, where increased complexity could exert either a positive or a negative effect on the level of output but always a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507385
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Human capital, fertility and growth
Galor, Oded - 2006
The demographic transition that swept the world in the past 140 years has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed. The rise in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318907
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Economic growth in the very long-run
Galor, Oded - 2006
The evolution of economies during the major portion of human history was marked by Malthusian Stagnation. The transition from an epoch of stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth has shaped the contemporary world economy and has led to the Great Divergence in income per capita across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318941
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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2007
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318954
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The demographic transition and the emergence of sustained economic growth
Galor, Oded - 2004
The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318956
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Natural selection and the origin of economic growth
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2000
This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This uni…ed theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318963