Essays about: "Solow model"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 48 essays containing the words Solow model.

  1. 11. Proximate Determinants of Sustainable Economic Growth in Rwanda : -An empirical investigation

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Pascal Kamana; [2020]
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    Abstract : This study analyses proximate determinants of sustainable economic growth in Rwanda. The study asks whether growth of agriculture, foreign aid and change in climate conditions are drivers of a sustainable economic growth experience in Rwanda. The Solow growth model is used as theoretical framework and TFPG is derived as the Solow residual. READ MORE

  3. 12. The impact of the European Union and Eurozone membership on economic growth : A quantitative analysis of how the economic growth of the member countries has been affected

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Angela Nano Georgiou; [2020]
    Keywords : European integration; European Union; eurozone; economic growth;

    Abstract : The creation of the European Union and later the European economic and monetary union started as a peace project and later on to make the European countries stronger and unified through economic integration The purpose of this study is to analyse the effect that EU(EZ) membership has on the economic growth of its member states. This is done by using an augmented Solow model including the GDP per capita growth rate which represents the economic growth while the EU(EZ) membership is represented by dummy variables. READ MORE

  4. 13. Life expectancy and economic growth: AIDS as a natural experiment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Andreas Bengtsson; Jessica Wirström; [2019-07-11]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how life expectancy, as a measure for health, affects economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, the model specifications in this thesis include AIDS, which is assumed to have an exogenous effect on life expectancy. This effect is in turn regarded as a natural experiment for life expectancy. READ MORE

  5. 14. Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Growth

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Rustam Salimov; [2019]
    Keywords : Labor Force Participation Rate; Economic Growth; Solow Model; Female Labor Force Participation Rate;

    Abstract : This thesis analysed the effect of female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) on economicgrowth and included changes in male labor force participation rate (MLFPR) to help improve thepower of the model. Here, three robust regressions were used on the sample of 16 Latin Countries(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala,Honduras, Venezuela, RB, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador) for theperiod of 1995-2015 in order to identify the effect of each key variable when tested separately andwhen tested together. READ MORE

  6. 15. How has technical progress contributed to the economic development of countries? - Are these countries converging or diverging away from each other, economically? : Global economic growth: A study on how technical progress contributes to economic growth

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Julia Maria Hachichou; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic growth; technical progress; Solow model; convergence;

    Abstract : The question of economic growth is one of the most fascinating concepts the development economics department is experiencing. It has been proven that some theories of economic growth can explain the course of development at an accumulated degree in this paper I’m going to investigate if the countries technical progress contributes to its economic growth. READ MORE