LEADER 03085 am 22006613u 450 001 9910297053403321 005 20230504212618.0 010 $a3-631-75349-7 024 7 $a10.3726/b13871 035 $a(CKB)4100000007276936 035 $a(OAPEN)1003144 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120730 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39543 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007276936 100 $a20200604h20092009 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA contribution to the empirics of economic and human development /$fSebastian Vollmer 210 $aBern$cPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group$d2018 210 1$aFrankfurt am Main, Germany :$cPeter Lang,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (155 pages) $cillustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s) 225 1 $aGo?ttinger Studien zur Entwicklungso?konomik/ Gottingen Studies in Development Economics ;$v27 300 $aOriginally presented as the author?s doctoral thesis: Go?ttingen, 2009. 311 08$aPrint version: 9783631587935 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThis book contributes to the empirical literature on economic and human development from five different perspectives: the first chapter provides a new statistical test for bimodality of densities with an application to income data. The second chapter analyzes the worlds cross-country distribution of income and challenges the so called Twin Peaks-claim. The third chapter focuses on the world income distribution and resulting implications for poverty reduction, pro-poor growth and the evolution of global inequality. The fourth chapter estimates the welfare effects of recently negotiated Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African countries. Finally, the fifth chapter investigates whether democracy leads to higher levels of health and education. 410 0$aGo?ttinger Studien zur Entwicklungso?konomik ;$v27. 606 $aEconomic development$xEconometric models 606 $aCommercial treaties 606 $aEconomic forecasting 610 $aContribution 610 $aCross-Country Income Distribution 610 $aDemogracy and Human Development 610 $aDevelopment 610 $aEconomic 610 $aEconomic Partnership Agreements 610 $aEmpirics 610 $aEmpiricsi 610 $aHuman 610 $aLikelihood-Ratio-Test for Bimodality 610 $aVollmer 610 $aWorld Income Distribution 615 0$aEconomic development$xEconometric models. 615 0$aCommercial treaties. 615 0$aEconomic forecasting. 676 $a330.0112 700 $aVollmer$b Sebastian$0913800 801 0$bWaSeSS 801 1$bWaSeSS 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910297053403321 996 $aA contribution to the empirics of economic and human development$92047420 997 $aUNINA