Paradise Lost? : Growth, Convergence and Migration in the South Pacific /
This paper examines the determinants of growth for nine South Pacific countries during the period 1971-93, using the analytical framework of the Solow-Swan neoclassical growth model. Chamberlain's II-matrix estimator is used to account for unobserved country-specific heterogeneity in the growth...
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| Формат: | Журнал |
| Мова: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1995.
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| Серія: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1995/028 |
| Онлайн доступ: | Full text available on IMF |
| Резюме: | This paper examines the determinants of growth for nine South Pacific countries during the period 1971-93, using the analytical framework of the Solow-Swan neoclassical growth model. Chamberlain's II-matrix estimator is used to account for unobserved country-specific heterogeneity in the growth process, and to control for errors-in-variables bias in calculations of real per-capita GDP. The speed of convergence of South Pacific countries to their respective steady-state levels of per-capita GDP, after controlling for the important regional effects of net international migration, is estimated at a relatively fast 4 percent per year. In addition, private and official transfers emanating from regional donor countries have kept the dispersion of real per-capita national disposable income constant over the period, despite a significant widening in the regional dispersion of real per-capita GDP. |
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| Фізичний опис: | 1 online resource (42 pages) |
| Формат: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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