This study examined the construct and latent factors of social, economic, environmentally sustainable development Science & technological progress across 39 economies from 2000 to 2016 using a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The linear production function model was used explore influence on social-economic country-wise panel data. age dependency ratio, education expenditure, female labo...

This paper takes a step toward identifying the ultimate drivers of productivity growth at the industry level. Based on Neoclassical and New Growth Theory we develop an empirical methodology that allows us to test for the fundamental drivers of industry productivity growth. We present two sets of industry classifications, one based on ICT intensity and another based on innovation types. Using OE...

This study examines the relationship between the trade pattern and the environment. Although it is widely thought that industries with higher labor skill content are cleaner, no clear evidence is provided. It is hypothesized that various types of trading activities influence the environment differently. The present sample includes 35 countries at different stages of development and 56 industrie...

background and purpose: more than a third of the world’s population lack access to essential medicines, despite the presence of several international agreements that proclaim health as a human right. corruption, in its many forms, such as bribery and embezzlement, causes several detrimental effects on the health sector and access to medicines including economic, health, and government image and...

This paper reports direct evidence on how recent changes in technology are related to changes in wage gaps by schooling, experience, and gender. Wage gaps by schooling in the full-year 1979 and 1989 Current Population Surveys increased the most in industries with rising R&D intensity and accelerating growth in the capital-labor ratio. Estimates of the impact of hightech capital are mixed, with ...

Using data from 11 manufacturing industries in 17 OECD countries, this paper empirically investigates the determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials. Specifically, the paper focuses on the effects of product market structure and technology diffusion. It is found that the manufacturing industries display a wide range of convergence rates. Consisten...

Using panel cointegration techniques, we show a cointegrating relationship exists between capital and productivity in 446 manufacturing industries. Panel DOLS and FMOLS estimates reveal that innovations to productivity increase and Granger cause capital movements.  2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

Using data from 11 manufacturing industries in 17 OECD countries, this paper empirically investigates the determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials. Specifically, the paper focuses on the effects of product market structure and technology diffusion. It is found that the manufacturing industries display a wide range of convergence rates. Consisten...

The study is an empirical test of the effects of different categories of government expenditure, revenue and deficits on economic growth in developing countries. It is based on panel data of annual series over the last three decades for 103 countries, which are further classified into low-income, high-income, mineral exports dependent, and foreign aid dependent groups. Our findings suggest that...

background: in this article, we used a panel smooth transition regression model to estimate the relationship between health expenditure and income. this approach is employed to continuously model changing parameters among countries and during time. it is thus suitable for eliminating heterogeneity among countries and the variability of the relationship between gross domestic product (gdp) and h...