Labour Dynamics, Factor Substitution and Capital Adoption in Sub‐Saharan African Agriculture
ABSTRACT Ongoing structural transformations in many Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) economies are driving changes in labour inputs and wages, likely influencing smallholder agriculture and the direction of agricultural intensification processes. At the same time, the adoption of capital‐intensive technologies still remains puzzlingly low.
Pranav Patil +2 more
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Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Berpengaruh terhadap Produksi dan Pendapatan Usahatani Rumput Laut di Kawasan Minapolitan (Studi Kasus di Kecamatan Tinanggea, Kabupaten Konawe Selatan, Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara) [PDF]
This research was aimed to analyze the factors affecting seaweed production and farming income in a minapolitan area. The study was conducted from March 2013 to May 2013 in Tinanggea District, South Konawe District, South East Of Sulawesi with 30 ...
Rianse, I. S. (Ilma) +1 more
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Is the matching function Cobb-Douglas?
[cat] Estudiem les propietats teòriques que una funció d.emparellament ha de satisfer per tal de representar un mercat laboral amb friccions dins d'un model d'equilibri general amb emparellament aleatori. Analitzem el cas Cobb-Douglas, CES i altres formes funcionals per a la funció d.emparellament.
Ribó, Ausias, Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
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Portfolio Optimization for Pension Purposes: Literature Review
ABSTRACT This systematic review identifies persistent challenges and gaps in the literature on pension portfolio optimization models. We searched, selected, and critically analyzed 82 articles from three major academic databases published over the past decade to investigate the barriers to the effective implementation of these models.
Leonardo Moreira +2 more
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Estimation of the Solow-Cobb-Douglas economic growth model with a Kalman filter: An observability-based approach. [PDF]
Munguía R, Davalos J, Urzua S.
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Understanding UK Productivity Using a Macroeconomic Lens
ABSTRACT We survey UK labor productivity over the long run, comparing it with other advanced economies, and focus on the sharp slowdown since the global financial crisis. Using a growth accounting framework, we highlight the primary role of total factor productivity (TFP), while noting that the contribution of capital shallowing is influenced by ...
Jagjit S. Chadha, Issam Samiri
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Optimal Growth with Heterogeneous Agents and the Twisted Turnpike: An Example [PDF]
The dynamics of a welfare maximizing, heterogeneous agent, one sector optimal Ramsey model is analyzed assuming two agents, each with a distinct discount factor and log utility. Production is Cobb-Douglas.
Robert Becker
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Trade in Value‐Added and the Welfare Gains of International Fragmentation
ABSTRACT This study examines the overall impact of international production fragmentation on the welfare gains from trade. Using a novel model that accounts for shifts in preferences between local and foreign goods and distinguishes between intermediate and final goods trade, we gain a more nuanced understanding of how fragmentation shapes these ...
Arnold Njike
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Successive oligopolies and decreasing returns [PDF]
In this paper we propose an example of successive oligopolies where the downstream firms share the same decreasing returns technology of the Cobb-Douglas type.
Jean J., GABSZEWICZ, Skerdilajda, ZANAJ
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Growth Accounting in the Open Economy: An Array of Perspectives
ABSTRACT In this paper, we show how Törnqvist growth accounting in the open economy can be conducted from a number of different perspectives, depending on which input and output prices or quantities are chosen to be the explanatory factors. This approach offers a wide spectrum of decompositions, each one being potentially best suited to analyze ...
Ulrich Kohli
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