Economic Development: Overview

A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth Robert M ...

A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth Robert M. Solow The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 70, No. 1. (Feb., 1956), pp. 65-94. Stable URL:

  Economic, Journal, Theory, Theory of economic

Using Weights in the Analysis of Survey Data

Calculating Post-Stratification Weights or ... • Thissecondapproachisbetter butthecharacteristicsThis second approach is better, but the characteristics ... some limits on the size of weights (min and max). •The SAS Raking macro is pretty clunky and hard to use.

  Approach, Limits, Calculating, Better

Greed and grievance in civil war - New York University

1 On the analysis of the duration of civil war see Collier et al. (2004) and Fearon (2004). ... We now consider quantitative indicators of opportunity, starting with opportuni- ... Zimbabwe 12/72 12/79 * * Note: Previous wars include war starts 1945–1994.

  Analysis, Quantitative, Zimbabwe

Notes for a Course in Development Economics

important to refer to a venerable tradition in economics that has convergence as its very core prediction. The idea is based — roughly — on the argument that countries which are poor will have higher marginal products of capital, and consequently a higher rate of return to capital.

  Economic, Development, Course, Venerable, A course in development economics

Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender

May 25, 1992 · From Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture by Julie Chapter 9, pp. 231-244.1994. Reprinted with 3 1 permission of Wadsworth Publishing, a division of Thomson Learning. Fax Gendered Media:

Benevolent Sexism - New York University

tional gender norms, which place men in positions . 62 Ambivalent Sexism of authority in the home, the community, and gov-ernment. In the majority of cultures, women are ... that women exposed to benevolent sexist instruc-tions prior to taking a test of job skills as part of .

  Tional, Instruc, Sexism