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Survival of the richest : the Malthusian mechanism in pre-industrial England

Clark, Gregory; Hamilton, Gillian - In: The journal of economic history 66 (2006) 3, pp. 707-736

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What accounts for the emergence of Malthusian fertility in transition economies?

Micevska, Maja B. (contributor); Zak, Paul J. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

corresponding drop in fertility. This is contrary to the robust negative relationship between income and fertility that has been … income. The model predicts that: i) the perceived level of subsistence consumption fundamentally determines whether fertility … fertility to fall; and iii) rising income inequality has a negative impact on fertility rates. Empirical tests using both …

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Beyond GDP : Global and Regional Development Indicators

Widuto, Agnieszka - 2017

The 'Beyond GDP' approach considers GDP (Gross Domestic Product) insufficient to capture the multidimensional nature of progress and promotes the use of alternative indicators in policy. Although commonly used as an indicator of well-being, GDP is a measure of economic performance, reflecting...

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Scientific Research Activity and GDP. An Analysis of Causality Based on 144 Countries From Around the World

Dębski, Wiesław - 2019

Using the Granger methodology, this paper presents the causal relationship between scientific research activity, expressed as the number of significant publications, and gross domestic product (GDP). With causality tests, this relationship is investigated from two points of view: for each...

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Scientific research activity and GDP : an analysis of causality based on 144 countries from around the world

Dębski, Wiesław; Świderski, Bartosz; Kurek, Jarosław - In: Contemporary economics 12 (2018) 3, pp. 315-336

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Can War Foster Cooperation?

Bauer, Michal - 2016

In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...

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