03085 am 22006613u 450 991029705340332120230504212618.03-631-75349-710.3726/b13871(CKB)4100000007276936(OAPEN)1003144(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120730(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39543(EXLCZ)99410000000727693620200604h20092009 fy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA contribution to the empirics of economic and human development /Sebastian VollmerBernPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group2018Frankfurt am Main, Germany :Peter Lang,[2009]©20091 online resource (155 pages) illustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s)Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik/ Gottingen Studies in Development Economics ;27Originally presented as the author’s doctoral thesis: Göttingen, 2009.Print version: 9783631587935 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book contributes to the empirical literature on economic and human development from five different perspectives: the first chapter provides a new statistical test for bimodality of densities with an application to income data. The second chapter analyzes the worlds cross-country distribution of income and challenges the so called Twin Peaks-claim. The third chapter focuses on the world income distribution and resulting implications for poverty reduction, pro-poor growth and the evolution of global inequality. The fourth chapter estimates the welfare effects of recently negotiated Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African countries. Finally, the fifth chapter investigates whether democracy leads to higher levels of health and education.Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ;27.Economic developmentEconometric modelsCommercial treatiesEconomic forecastingContributionCross-Country Income DistributionDemogracy and Human DevelopmentDevelopmentEconomicEconomic Partnership AgreementsEmpiricsEmpiricsiHumanLikelihood-Ratio-Test for BimodalityVollmerWorld Income DistributionEconomic developmentEconometric models.Commercial treaties.Economic forecasting.330.0112Vollmer Sebastian913800WaSeSSWaSeSSUkMaJRUBOOK9910297053403321A contribution to the empirics of economic and human development2047420UNINA