Growth Convergence and Spending Efficiency among Filipino Households

A growth model is used in the context of Sala-i-Martin’s definition of conditional convergence to assess the household income dynamics in segmented groups at the provincial level in the Philippines. There is a direct relationship between spending efficiency and income growth convergence across income groups. The lower income convergence rate among low income households can be attributed to their relatively less efficient access to the factors of production. The study provides tools in identifying targeted intervention strategies that will facilitate poverty alleviation among the households at the provincial level. The viability of poverty alleviation strategy can be assessed in terms of convergence of the different income groups. Low income groups converging slower than the high income groups support the recent data on measures of inequality in the Philippines (very minimal movement among the indicators). In order to alleviate inequality, the low-income group should be targeted for poverty-alleviating interventions like the conditional cash transfer.

Determining radii of meromorphy via orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle

19 pages, no figures.-- MSC2000 codes: 30E10, 42C05, 41A20, 30D30.MR#: MR2016676 (2004k:30087)Zbl#: Zbl 1051.30033Using a convergence theorem for Fourier–Padé approximants constructed from orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle, we prove an analogue of Hadamard's theorem for determining the radius of m-meromorphy of a function analytic on the unit disk and apply this to the location of poles of the reciprocal of Szegö functions.The research of D.B.R. and G.L.L. was supported, in part, by Dirección General de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, under grant BFM 2000-0206-C04-01 and the research of G.L.L. was also supported by Ministerio da Ciencia e do Ensino Superior, under Grant PRAXIS XXI BCC-22201/99, and by INTAS under Grant 2000-272. The research of E.B.S. was supported, in part, by V.S. National Science Foundation Grant DMS-0296026.Publicad

Asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials inside the unit circle and Szegö-Padé approximants

11 pages, no figures.-- MSC2000 codes: 42C05, 41A21.MR#: MR1858277 (2002h:42043)Zbl#: Zbl 1009.42016We study the asymptotic behavior of orthogonal polynomials inside the unit circle for a subclass of measures that satisfy Szegö's condition. We give a connection between such behavior and a Montessus de Ballore-type theorem for Szegö–Padé rational approximants of the corresponding Szegö function.The research of the second author (G.L.L.) was partially supported by Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior under Grant PB 96-0120-C03-01. The research of the third author (E.B.S.) was supported, partly by NSF research Grant DMS-9801677.Publicad

The Effect of Aging on Calcium Transients in Rat Cardiomyocytes: Impact of NOX Inhibition

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