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Race, Poverty, And Enlistment: Some Evidence From The National Longitudinal Survey Of Youth, Michael C. Seeborg
Race, Poverty, And Enlistment: Some Evidence From The National Longitudinal Survey Of Youth, Michael C. Seeborg
Michael Seeborg
This paper explores the determinants of enlistment for a large sample of male youth drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Logit results indicate that the probability of enlistment is directly related to minority and poverty status while controlling for ability and a number of other socioeconomic background variables. In addition, an analysis of poverty transitions show that a very large percentage of enlistees in the early 1980s who were living in poverty at age 17 were successful in escaping poverty by 1990. An important conclusion is that the military can serve as a mechanism of upward economic mobility …
Economics And Rational Conservation Policy, Gilbert E. Metcalf
Economics And Rational Conservation Policy, Gilbert E. Metcalf
Gilbert E. Metcalf
Energy analysts have long been concerned with the apparently low level of energy-efficient investments and have suggested the presence of various market barriers and failures that hinder investment. The concept of a barrier as defined here is some force that is working against investment in energy-efficient technologies. Market failures, on the other hand, are failures of the competitive paradigm that lead to economically inefficient outcomes. Market barriers require no particular response on the part of government while market failures may call for some policy response.
Prometheus Born: The High Middle Ages And The Relationship Between Law And Economic Conduct, David J. Gerber
Prometheus Born: The High Middle Ages And The Relationship Between Law And Economic Conduct, David J. Gerber
David J. Gerber
No abstract provided.
Heterogeneous Demand And Order Of Resource Extraction, Ujjayant N. Chakravorty, Darrell Krulce
Heterogeneous Demand And Order Of Resource Extraction, Ujjayant N. Chakravorty, Darrell Krulce
Ujjayant Chakravorty
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Aggregate Convergence And Sectoral Specialization In Innovation, Mario Pianta, Daniele Archibugi
Aggregate Convergence And Sectoral Specialization In Innovation, Mario Pianta, Daniele Archibugi
Mario Pianta
Over the last 20 years OECD countries have converged in terms of their innovation, in parallel to the process of economic convergence and catching-up in technology. However, this has not led to a similarity in the sectoral strenghts of the majority of countries. Applying a measure of "technological distance" between pairs of countries based on patents, it is shown that nations have increased their technological specialization (i.e their sectoral differences) over the 1980s. An apparent paradox is pointed out, as countries converge by becoming more different and grow by becoming more specialized.