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This paper tests for the existence of a non-linear pattern in the process of real economic convergence. It uses a sample of 88 countries for the period 1980-1999.
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Most education around the globe is public. Moreover, investment rates in education as well as schooling attainments … education, and their general equilibrium effects. We calibrate the model to fit cross-country evidence on demographics and … mortality rates, explain most of the differences. We also use the model to the role of public education and the HIV …
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The main objective of this paper was to visualize the relation between government spending on basic education and the … human capital accumulation process, observing the impacts of this spending on individual investments in higher education …, and on economic growth. From the results obtained, we may reach the central conclusion that basic education affects agents …
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Cross?country econometric studies of aid effectiveness are numerous and often criticized. Relying on results of those which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in vulnerable countries. It examines the main methodological...
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If government revenues from a flat-rate income tax are spent on public factors and public factors are used for human capital production and human capital is used for the production of technical progress, then a higher rate of taxation will lead to a higher rate of technical progress if steady...
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has reached higher levels compared to industry growth, government bill on education seems a burden. The study used …, the study concludes that there is need for continuous support to improve education skills towards industry growth. There … scrambling of low level certificates in vandalism to the education sector. Policy makers should address various factors that …
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assesses the effectiveness of aid and its efficient use in achieving universal primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The … education significantly increases primary completion rate. This result is robust to the use of various methods of estimation …
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We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid allocation. We employ sector-specific aid data, distinguishing between first and second stage decisions on the selection of recipient countries and the amount of aid...
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We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid allocation. We employ sector-specific aid data, distinguishing between first and second stage decisions on the selection of recipient countries and the amount of aid...
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We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid allocation. We employ sector-specific aid data, distinguishing between first and second stage decisions on the selection of recipient countries and the amount of aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190198