The Link Between Standardization and Economic Growth: A Bibliometric Analysis [PDF]
We analyze the link between standardization and economic growth by systematically reviewing leading economics journals, leading economic growth researchers' articles, and economic growth-related books. We make the following observations: 1) No article has analyzed the link between standardization and economic growth in top5 economics journals between ...
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An age structured demographic theory of technological change [PDF]
At the heart of technology transitions lie complex processes of social and industrial dynamics. The quantitative study of sustainability transitions requires modelling work, which necessitates a theory of technology substitution. Many, if not most, contemporary modelling approaches for future technology pathways overlook most aspects of transitions ...
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Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law [PDF]
When the probability of measuring a particular value of some quantity varies inversely as a power of that value, the quantity is said to follow a power law, also known variously as Zipf's law or the Pareto distribution. Power laws appear widely in physics, biology, earth and planetary sciences, economics and finance, computer science, demography and ...
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Does the kin orientation of a British woman�s social network influence her entry into motherhood? [PDF]
BACKGROUND The influence of family and friends on an individual's fertility has long been an important topic within demography. Researchers who focus on social network effects and evolutionary demography have shown a renewed interest in this issue in ...
Mathews, Paul, Sear, Rebecca
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Housing property rights and social integration of migrant population: based on the 2017 china migrants' dynamic survey [PDF]
Push-pull theory, one of the most important macro theories in demography, argues that population migration is driven by a combination of push (repulsive) forces at the place of emigration and pull (attractive) forces at the place of emigration. Based on the push-pull theory, this paper shows another practical perspective of the theory by measuring the ...
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Cross Ranking of Cities and Regions: Population vs. Income [PDF]
This paper explores the relationship between the inner economical structure of communities and their population distribution through a rank-rank analysis of official data, along statistical physics ideas within two techniques. The data is taken on Italian cities. The analysis is performed both at a global (national) and at a more local (regional) level
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Uncovering the Dynamics of the Wealth Distribution [PDF]
I introduce a new way of decomposing the evolution of the wealth distribution using a simple continuous time stochastic model, which separates the effects of mobility, savings, labor income, rates of return, demography, inheritance, and assortative mating.
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Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
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OFFICIAL STATISTICS: ABOVE AND BELOW THE PUBLIC DEBATE. THIRTIETH GEARY LECTURE, 1999 [PDF]
Roy Geary was a person of great distinction, recognised for a wide range of achievements. He was a first class mathematician who made significant contributions to statistical theory.
Holt, Tim
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An exploration of the effect of organisational demography on board size and leadership structure: Evidence from the Greek manufacturing sector [PDF]
This study examines how organisational demography (organizational age, organisational size and number of years listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, ATHEX), may impact the board structure (board size, CEO duality and CEO dependence/ independence).
Gkliatis, Ioannis+1 more
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