A contribution to the empirics of economic and human development / Sebastian Vollmer.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Vollmer, Sebastian, author.

Series:

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ; 27.

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik/ Gottingen Studies in Development Economics ; 27

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Econometric models.

Economic development.

Commercial treaties.

Economic forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018

Frankfurt am Main, Germany : Peter Lang, [2009]

Language Note:

In English with front matter in German.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author’s doctoral thesis: Göttingen, 2009.

Ph. D. Universität Göttingen 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed June 4, 2020).

Description based on electronic version record (viewed on January 7, 2021).

ISBN:

9783631753491

3631753497

OCLC:

1163821975