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, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant time-varying, non-monotonic effect of climatic temperature upon current … incomes for a cross-section of 167 countries. We find a large, positive effect of 18th century climatic temperature and an … even larger, negative effect of 19th century climatic temperature upon current incomes. When historic, climatic temperature …
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, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant time-varying, non-monotonic effect of climatic temperature upon current … incomes for a cross-section of 167 countries. We find a large, positive effect of 18th century climatic temperature and an … even larger, negative effect of 19th century climatic temperature upon current incomes. When historic, climatic temperature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200862
The paper aims at explaining the ineffectiveness of the tripartite social pact of July 1993 (the so-called July Protocol) in fostering growth, further to curbing inflation and favouring employment. In the light of labour productivity dynamics, wage moderation after 1993 appears as a significant...
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This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a signifcant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669250
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530753
This research advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the prehistoric exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance to various settlements across the globe affected genetic diversity and has had a long-lasting hump-shaped effect on...
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This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...
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This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110850
Least Square (OLS) estimation technique, tests the hypothesis that higher temperature conversely affects labor productivity … in a country. The results indicate that there is statistically significant negative relationship between temperature and … labor productivity level of a country and this finding remains valid for all samples. Also we identified that temperature …
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