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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Public pension crisis in OECD countries

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The central aim of my bachelor's thesis is to demonstrate the unsustainability of public pension system in OECD countries in the longer ...

The economic future of Ireland

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The economic and financial crisis of 2008/2009 hit Ireland heavily. The asset price bubble and the subsequent deflation have added to the un...
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Friday, October 01, 2010

Economic growth and democratic institutions

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Professor William Easterly recently presented ( link ) an intriguing empirical evidence on the relationship between nation's politics an...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Religion and economic growth

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In the course of economic growth theory, the impact of religion on economic growth and GDP per capita has been largely neglected by the main...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Human capital, labor market and economic growth

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The OECD recently published the international comparison of the gap in employment rates between university graduates and workers with second...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

OPEC AND THE LOGIC OF CARTELS

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Recently, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) celebrated its 50th anniversary ( link ). The organization was founded in...
Friday, September 10, 2010

EARNINGS AND EDUCATION: A SURVEY

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In 2009, the median weekly earnings of workers with bachelor's degrees were $1,137. This amount is 1.8 times the average amount earned b...

CHINA'S GROWTH MODEL

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According to some preliminary estimates ( link ), China's trade balance is on the course for a significant surplus this year. IMF's ...
Monday, September 06, 2010

PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN BRAZIL

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Carlos Pereira of the Brookings Institution ( link ) has reviewed the dismal productivity growth and the consequent macroeconomic indicator...
Sunday, September 05, 2010

SKILLED IMMIGRATION AND INNOVATION

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A recent paper by Jennifer Hunt ( link ) finds that the increase in foreign-born graduates strongly contributes to the innovation in the Uni...

WHY DO THE POOR CHOOSE TO LIVE IN CITIES?

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In the recent edition of Yale Economic Review ( link ), Ed Glaeser, Matthew Kahn and Jordan Rappaport ponder one of the most difficult and ...

AFRICAN SUCCESS STORY: BOTSWANA

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An intriguing empirical finding from the institutional perspective of economic development from Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. R...
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