i n addition to labor force and capital, energy plays a significant role in the production of commodities and services. energy is the driving force of production activities. therefore, it is an essential ingredient of growth and development. results obtained from this paper show that the growth of oil products consumption has a positive effect on economic development via two channels: firstly, ...

This paper studies whether labor scarcity encourages technological advances, i.e., technology adoption or innovation, for example, as claimed by Habakkuk in the context of 19th-century United States. I de…ne technology as strongly labor saving if technological advances reduce the marginal product of labor and as strongly labor complementary if they increase it. I show that labor scarcity encour...

this paper tries to survey irans regional labor market disequilibrium within 1996-2000. according to the results there has been an increase in the amount of disequilibrium of irans national as well as regional labor markets. incomplete labor market information on vacant job opportunities in different regions of the country along with high costs of migration have been the major causes of unemplo...

The role of government expenditure is analyzed in the context of growing economy with endogenous labor supply and with investment adjustment costs. Assuming the dynasty model of representative consumer’s utility maximization i.e., the present value of over time felicity function maximization under the law of motion capital where felicity function depends consumption, leisure and government expe...

The present study tested the hypothesis that ERK activation is an essential step in the onset of labor in a rat model of preterm labor. The administration of RU-486, an antiprogesterone agent, to rats induced preterm delivery 22.2 +/- 0.24 h after treatment. Changes in basal signaling events were studied in myometrial tissue from CO(2)-euthanized rats. Rats treated with RU-486 displayed a drama...

The present study tested the hypothesis that ERK activation is an essential step in the onset of labor in a rat model of preterm labor. The administration of RU486, an antiprogesterone agent, to rats induced preterm delivery 22.2±0.24 hrs after treatment. Changes in basal signaling events were studied in myometrial tissue taken from CO2 euthanized rats. Rats treated with RU486 displayed a drama...