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Structural Transformation in Developed and Developing Countries
Bah, El-hadj - 2009
Differences in key features of the development process across rich and poor countries can provide clues to the sources of the large variation of cross-country income. Kuznets included structural transformation as one of six stylized facts of economic development, nding that developed countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301726
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On the ICT Economy in the European Countries: Investigating the Contribution of the ICT Sectors Using the Input-Output Model
Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2010
Investigating the Contribution of the ICT Sectors Using the Input-Output Model Previous studies have been devoted to investigating the future of economic growth and examining the importance of technology and the ICT sectors in accelerating the growth of the economy. These studies are from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304248
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Growth Miracles and Failures in a Markov Switching Classification Model of Growth
Kerekes, Monika - 2010
This paper interprets economic growth as a sequence of transitions between four growth regimes: crisis, stagnation, stable growth, and miracle growth. Countries experience distinct patterns of growth because they switch between the growth regimes with different frequencies. The aim of this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270295
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The Gender Inequalities Index (GII) as a New Way to Understand Gender Inequality Issues in Developing Countries
Ferrant, Gaëlle - 2010
variations between regions: South Asia has the worst score with an average of 0.63, Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North …% in South Asia and 3% in Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa countries. … Africa follow with an average of 0.48 and 0.46 respectively. These situations lead to reducing the potential growth rate by 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301520
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China: Prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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Dualism and the big push
Valensisi, Giovanni - 2008
We develop a two-sector model with specific factors, in which agriculture is subject to diminishing returns and market-clearing wages, while increasing returns and efficiency wages prevail in industry. The asymmetric interaction of the two sectors, jointly with the dualistic structure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301412
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Impact of broadband speed on household income: Comparing OECD and BIC
Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2013
This paper aims to measure the impact of broadband speed access and upgrades on the household income based on a survey comprising 20,000 respondents in eight OECD and three BRIC countries in 2010 (Brazil, India and China). The study is novel, as most previous studies on broadband emphasize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327721
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Towards the alternative measurement: Discovering the relationships between technology adoption and quality of life in Indonesia
Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2011
The vast majority of the studies investigating telecommunication development (diffusion of mobile phone, Internet, the broadband, etc.) that have been carried out in the literatures aim at assessing the impact on economic indicators, mainly the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), whereas little...
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A Simple Theory of Economic Development at the Extensive Industry Margin
Diodato, Dario; Hausmann, Ricardo; Schetter, Ulrich - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014363677
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Does foreign aid really attract foreign investors? New evidence from panel cointegration
Donaubauer, Julian - 2014
This paper examines whether foreign aid contributes to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in aid receiving countries. Using both homogeneous and heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques, I find that the effect of foreign aid on FDI is negative. This is in contrast to previous studies...
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