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Weak corporate investment requires immediate action
Fratzscher, Marcel; Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 15, pp. 167-171
Although the federal government has been taking steps to strengthen investment in Germany, it remains considerably low …. This includes private investment, on which thepresent study focuses. German companies are barely investing more than they … did before the crisis, but this is not the case elsewhere: in the US, for example, the level of investment is nearly 14 …
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Investitionsschwäche der Unternehmen schafft Handlungsbedarf
Fratzscher, Marcel; Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 83 (2016) 15, pp. 275-280
Although the federal government has been taking steps to strengthen investment in Germany, it remains considerably low …. This includes private investment, on which the present study focuses. German companies are barely investing more than they … did before the crisis, but this is not the case elsewhere: in the US, for example, the level of investment is nearly 14 …
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The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: farm technologies and human energy requirements
Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina - In: Food Security 14 (2021) 2, pp. 395-409
three different levels of mechanization: hand tools, animal drought power, and tractors. 1638 days of detailed time-use and …
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Made in Africa – How to make local agricultural machinery manufacturing thrive
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué Patrice; Kamau, Geoffrey; … - In: Journal of International Development 36 (2023) 2, pp. 1079-1109
Manufacturing has the potential to drive economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction, but African manufacturers face challenges in competing with global markets. Agricultural machinery manufacturing may be one niche where African manufacturers can succeed. This paper examines the...
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Machinery structure, machinery subsidies, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from China
Meng, Meng; Yu, Leng; Yu, Xiaohua - In: Agricultural Economics 55 (2024) 2, pp. 223-246
Although agricultural machinery is indispensable for modern agriculture, the effect of machinery structure on food production is rarely scrutinized. Machinery structure, referring to the proportion of high-capacity machines which are represented by tractors with relatively high horsepower, is...
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Social protection and employment in Africa's agricultural sector
Osabohien, Romanus; Onanuga, Olaronke Toyin; Aderounmu, … - In: Verslas: Teorija ir praktika / Business: Theory and Practice 21 (2020) 2, pp. 494-502
Social protection is increasingly becoming a powerful tool for enhancing productivity and employment and is, therefore, important for Africa's agricultural transformation. Thus, this study aims at examining how Africa's agricultural sector can be transformed through social protection policies...
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Industrial life cycle: relevance of national markets in the development of new industries for energy technologies – the case of wind energy
O’Sullivan, Marlene - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 30 (2020) 4, pp. 1063-1107
About 20 years ago Klepper (1997) has shown that the life cycle theory, initially introduced for products, can also be applied to the development of industries. The industries that were examined to establish this theory were marked by relatively stable market conditions that are typically driven...
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Quantifying distortions from pollution in a R&D endogenous growth model
Neves Sequeira, Tiago; Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra - In: Estudios de Economía 41 (2014) 1, pp. 149-159
In this note we study the distortions in an endogenous growth model developed by Grimaud and Tournemaine (2007), where new pieces of knowledge are produced in a R&D sector and used to reduce pollution emissions. Using this model along with a realistic calibration, we conclude that the economy...
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Active labor market programs: Employment gain or fiscal drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-36
This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their objectives, relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, a crisis and recovery. We distinguish ALMPs providing incentives for retaining employment, incentives for creating...
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Reducing severance costs or subsidizing permanent job creation: Which policy is more effective to reduce duality?
Osuna, Victoria - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-17, pp. 1-35
relevance of designing appropriate penalties for those firms that do not comply with the obligations that subsidies involve. …
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