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UNINA9910468240903321 |
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Autore |
Méndez Carlos |
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Convergence clubs in labor productivity and its proximate sources : evidence from developed and developing countries / / Carlos Mendez |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XII, 67 p. 39 illus., 36 illus. in color.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in Economics |
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Disciplina |
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Labor productivity |
Convergence (Economics) |
Economic development |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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1 Introduction -- 2 The Data: Productivity and Capital Differences across Countries and over Time -- 3 Two Complementary Frameworks to Study Convergence Clubs -- 4 Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity -- 5 Convergence Clubs in Physical and Human Capital -- 6 Convergence Clubs in Total Factor Productivity -- 7 Accounting for Convergence Clubs -- 8 Conclusion. |
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Testing for economic convergence across countries has been a central issue in the literature of economic growth and development. This book introduces a modern framework to study the cross-country convergence dynamics in labor productivity and its proximate sources: capital accumulation and aggregate efficiency. In particular, recent convergence dynamics of developed as well as developing countries are evaluated through the lens of a non-linear dynamic factor model and a clustering algorithm for panel data. This framework allows us to examine key economic phenomena such as technological heterogeneity and multiple equilibria. In this context, the book provides a succinct review of the recent club convergence literature, a comparative view of developed and developing countries, and a tutorial on how to implement the club convergence framework in the statistical software Stata. |
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UNINA9910783466903321 |
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Autore |
Johnston Harold <1920-> |
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A bridge not attacked [[electronic resource] ] : chemical warfare civilian research during World War II / / Harold Johnston |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2003 |
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1-281-87697-6 |
9786611876975 |
981-256-539-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Chemical warfare - United States |
Chemical warfare - Research - United States |
Chemists - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Preface. National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); Chapter 1. Hal; Chapter 2. Egbert; Chapter 3. Sam; Chapter 4. Withlacoochee; Chapter 5. Jungles; Chapter 6. Florida 1945; Chapter 7. Other Divisions of NDRC; Chapter 8. Principals and Contributors; Index |
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This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilian university scientists, who carried out research on defense against poison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of these were graduate students, working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Cal tech) and the University of California (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to make major improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were done outdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorological conditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Action took |
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