Essays about: "Lennart Hoedemakers"

Found 2 essays containing the words Lennart Hoedemakers.

1. 1. The Changing Nature of Employment: How Technological Progress and Robotics Shape the Future of Work

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lennart Hoedemakers; [2017]
   Keywords : Innovation; Robots; Technological Anxiety; Technological Unemployment; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis assesses the impact of innovation on employment, using a selection of International Patent Classifications (IPC) as proxies for technological development. It uses a 15-country, 8-sector and 15-year dynamic panel dataset, specifying a system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) econometric model to test this relationship. READ MORE

3. 2. Institutions and Economic Growth in Africa: An Assessment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lennart Hoedemakers; [2016]
   Keywords : New Institutional Economics; Africa; Economic Growth; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper assesses the extent to which cross country empirical data can be used to explain the impact of institutions on economic growth in Africa. It does so by first establishing a theoretical framework on economic growth, focusing particularly on New Institutional Economics, also assessing several other theories that seek to explain economic growth. READ MORE