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Economic Growth. Social Capital, Family, Inequality of Income, Quality of Life, Bottlenecks. Selected papers from 2018 to 2022

Economic Growth. Social Capital, Family, Inequality of Income, Quality of Life, Bottlenecks. Selected papers from 2018 to 2022

Jan Jacek Sztaudynger

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This book deals mainly with economic growth, its interdependence with social capital, and the consequences of the “happy productive worker” hypothesis. A happy employee works better, earns more money, and as a result, his quality of life goes up. This feedback loop of productivity and happiness means that on the road to effective economic growth and development, man and his quality of life must be taken into consideration as a very important causative factor.

The authors guess that the social capital (trust, helpfulness, fairness), family social capital (marriage, divorce, fertility), as well as income inequality are social determinants of the quality of life, sustainable growth and development. They all are characteristics of society’s harmonization. Most of these hypotheses have been verified using econometric models. We hope that such an approach will help to reduce the danger of the fetishization of economic growth.

Likewise, the hypothesis on non-cyclical GDP fluctuations was considered, where efficiency of fixed capital investment depends on post bottlenecks.

The book summarizes Jon Jacek Sztaudynger’s scientific work on economic growth over the last twenty years. It contains six published articles (co-authors: Ewa Ambroziak, Paweł Baranowski, Paweł Starosta, and Jan Marek Sztaudynger).

Introduction – Economic Growth. The Modification of the Solow Model (Jan Jacek Sztaudynger)        9

 

Chapter 1. Family, Quality of Life, Growth, and Economic Development. 2022, published in Polish, „Rodzina – wyzwania na XXI wiek”, III Kongres Demograficzny, Rządowa Rada Ludnościowa (Jan Jacek Sztaudynger)    13

 

Chapter 2. Economic Growth and the Optimal Inequality of Income. 2018, „Annales. Ethics in Economic Life”, Vol. 21, No. 8, Special Issue, pp. 89–99. (Jan Jacek Sztaudynger) 27

 

Chapter 3. Generalized Trust, Helpfulness, Fairness and Growth in European Countries. Revised Analysis. 2022, „Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe”, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 135–160 (Jan Jacek Sztaudynger, Ewa Ambroziak, Paweł Starosta)            41

 

Chapter 4. Marriage, Divorce and Economic Growth in Poland and the European Union. 2019. Marriage, Divorce and Economic Growth, „Annales. Ethics in Economic Life”, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 53–67 (Paweł Baranowski, Jan Jacek Sztaudynger)       71

 

Chapter 5. Family and Economic Growth in Poland. New Estimation Results. 2018, „Annales. Ethics in Economic Life”, Vol. 21, No. 8, Special Issue, pp. 101–118 (Jan Jacek Sztaudynger)        91

 

Chapter 6. The Impact of Supply Bottlenecks on Investment Efficiency. 2022, „Ekonomista”, No. 1, pp. 23–40 (Jan Marek Sztaudynger, Jan Jacek Sztaudynger)        117

 

Appendix. The Dynamics of Physical Capital Substitution for Investment Output Ratio in the Solow Model (Jan Marek Sztaudynger)         141

  • Title: Economic Growth. Social Capital, Family, Inequality of Income, Quality of Life, Bottlenecks. Selected papers from 2018 to 2022
  • Author: Jan Jacek Sztaudynger
  • ISBN: 978-83-8331-031-2, 9788383310312
  • Date of issue: 2023-01-16
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_30x8
  • Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego