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A Chinese renaissance in an unremittingly integrating global economy
Das, Dilip K. - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 1, pp. 39-46
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Institutions and Economic Performance - To Grow or Not to Grow: Why Institutions Must Make a Difference
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 2, pp. 3-9
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The assessment of the employment relationship by civil servants: Theoretical and empirical insights from a study in district courts in Lower Saxony
Martin, Albert; Falke, Marcus; Gade, Christian - In: Management Revue 18 (2007) 3, pp. 293-321
employment conditions. This belief is based on the fact that German civil servants ('Beamte') cannot be discharged, which is an …
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Is there a Laffer Curve between Private Output and Public Sector Employment?
Koskela, Erkki - In: CESifo Forum 02 (2001) 4, pp. 48-50
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The impact of gender inequality on economic growth: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study of female labour participation in the civil service
Yi, Andrew Kam Jia; Oboh, Jerry Sankay; Othman, Zarina; … - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 11 (2022) 2, pp. 210-233
Gender inequality is recognised as an impediment to economic growth and development. In Nigeria, several policies have been enacted to eliminate gender inequality. However, studies show that women are grossly marginalised, exploited, and discriminated against in their socioeconomic life. This...
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What do we know about pro-poor growth and regional poverty in Nigeria?
Ichoku, Hyacinth Eme; Agu, Chukwuma; Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 147-172
This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household...
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The Debt-Growth Nexus in Poor Countries: A Reassessment
Presbitero, Andrea F. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-30, pp. 1-28
The paper investigates the relationship between external debt and economic growth, focusing on the role played by the policy and institutional framework. Results for a panel of 114 developing countries show that the debt-growth nexus depends on institutions and policies. The Debt-Laffer curve...
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Humankapital und endogenes Wachstum
Homburg, Stefan - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 115 (1995) 3, pp. 339-366
In the paper a growth model is developed which admits endogenous growth. Endogenous growth is due to simultaneous efficient accumulation of physical as well as human capital. In contrast to similar growth models, we assume that output can be transformed into either physical or human capital...
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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries
Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
Of the world's 6.7 billion people (as of 2008), 1.3 billion lived on less than $1.25 Purchasing Power Parity dollars … scourge of absolute economic misery among billions of the world's people is one of the most serious problems facing humankind … today. Unemployment (defined below) befalls about 200 million of the world's people - a sizeable number but small compared …
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-33, pp. 1-27
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate several specifications to provide support of such relationship for MENA countries over the period 19802009. The findings provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in...
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