Essays about: "Asian Tigers"

Found 5 essays containing the words Asian Tigers.

  1. 1. The Miraculous growth of the Asian Tigers - how do values contribute to development? A qualitative study on the role Asian values had on the Asian miracle

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amadou Toure Bagayegou; [2023-09-20]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to highlight the role and effect values had on the miraculous growth conducted in East-asia, more specifically the role Asian values had on the Four Asian Tigers. The growth that occurred during the later part of the twentieth century in these states was conducted in such a pragmatic and successful manner that the understanding of how was a poignant factor in development studies. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Effect of Government Spending on the Economic Growth Rate: Empirical Evidence from Asian Tigers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Meng-Ting Lee; [2020]
    Keywords : Asian Tigers; economic growth rate; government consumption spending; government public investment; government social spending;

    Abstract : In this paper, I use fixed effects model and random effects model first to estimate the effect of government spending on economic growth rate in the four Asian Tigers from 1981 to 2018, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. Afterwards, the Hausman specification test determines that random effects model is more preferred in this scenario. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Decline of Patriarchy in High-Tech Economies: Economic Growth and the Gender Wage Gap in the East Asian Tigers, 1980-2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gefjon Off; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; structural transformation; East Asian Tigers; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Previous research suggests that gender wage discrimination contributes to economic growth in the context of female-dominated low-tech manufacturing and patriarchal employment systems, such as the ones found in the East Asian Tigers in the 1960s to 1980s. In a panel data analysis, this thesis investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap and economic growth in the four East Asian Tigers from 1980 to 2010. READ MORE

  4. 4. Will the Tigers Keep Roaring? Catch-up and Capability Formation in the Asia-Pacific Region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Luis Egea Diaz; [2018]
    Keywords : East Asian Miracle; MF; SL; crisis; capability; catch-up; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Asian tigers have been a tremendous case of economic success for decades. The economic financial crisis of 1997 put this to a test and they clearly passed it. This dissertation tries to unveil whether the same factors that led to the growth path in the 1960s, the so-called East Asian Miracle, are still responsible for overcoming the crisis. READ MORE

  5. 5. A comparison of the development process of industrial structure between Mainland China Guangdong and Taiwan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Yanran Dong; [2015]
    Keywords : Structural change; industry; shift-share analysis; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As China’s Guangdong Province has been in the forefront of Chinese growth, and it is one of the biggest contributions to Chinese economy, this paper compares the development process of industrial structure between Mainland China Guangdong province and one of Asian four tigers’ Taiwan. This paper is aim to see if the structure components are similar or difference during the growth process. READ MORE