Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2004 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Silva, Almir Bittencourt da |
| Orientador(a): |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Tese
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Não Informado pela instituição
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| Departamento: |
Não Informado pela instituição
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| País: |
Não Informado pela instituição
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/657
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Resumo: |
The present thesis consists of three empirical essays on productivity and economic growth in different samples of countries. It addresses aspects related to the accumulation of factors and technological progress in an attempt to account for observed rates of expansion and differences in per capita product levels. Special attention is given to the mecanisms through which human capital acts upon the growth process. The countries’ aggregated productivity was quantified and their respective performances were compared through stochastic production frontier analysis – a method which, unlike traditional methods and aided by the Malmqüist Index, relaxes the technical efficiency hypothesis and thereby allows to separate the effects caused by gains in technological progress (displacement of the frontier) from the effects produced by enhanced efficiency (catching up with the frontier), thus contributing to our understanding of the economic reasons for differences in productivity. Moreover, the effects of technical inefficiency were modeled using the latest developments in stochastic production frontier analysis. |
