This empirical analysis explores the impact of industrial robots on labour productivity using panel data of 17 Chinese industries from 2006 to 2021. The results reveal that the development of industrial robots significantly improves labour productivity; a series of robustness tests validate this...

Remittances play an important role in human capital development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly when it comes to helping families to pay for their children's education, access health care and alleviate poverty. However, many countries on the continent lack the financial systems to...

Remittances play an important role in human capital development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly when it comes to helping families to pay for their children’s education, access health care and alleviate poverty. However, many countries on the continent lack the financial systems to...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the linear and nonlinear remittance–institutional quality link in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach: This study investigates the nonlinear relationship between remittance and political institutional quality in a panel of 97 developing...

In light of the global financial crisis, an extensive implementation of fiscal stimulus packages has triggered an enormous soared of public debt in Europe. While grappling with this albatross, the high debt level has aroused the paramount interest of this study casts doubt on the role of...