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Is there a trade-off between employment and productivity?
Junankar, Pramod N. - 2013
The aim of this paper is to analyse the possible trade-off between employment and productivity using panel data on … that there is a trade-off between employment and productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010207261
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The rise of the robot reserve army : automation and the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries
Schlogl, Lukas; Sumner, Andrew - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925904
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Tourism policy, a big push to employment? : evidence from a multiple synthetic control approach
Castillo, Victoria; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, … - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of tourism policy on employment, using the Tourism Development Policy (TDP … tourism employment in Salta by an average of 11 percent per year, for an overall impact of around 112 percent between 2003 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290060
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Informality and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) : regional evidence paper
Cassim, Aalia; Lilienstein, Kezia; Oosthuizen, Morné; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541028
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The Seychelles labor market
Bhorat, Haroon; Ewinyu, Arabo; Yu, Derek - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019989
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Structure matters : sectoral drivers of growth and the labour productivity-employment relationship
Kucera, David; Roncolato, Leanne - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209716
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Ghana's economic and agricultural transformation : past performance and future prospects
Diao, Xinshen (ed.); Hazell, P. B. R. (ed.);  … - 2019
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Many African countries have experienced unprecedented rates of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114676
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Striking a balance : a national assessment of economic development incentives
Donegan, Mary; Lester, T. William; Lowe, Nichola - 2018
The use of incentive packages has intensified as local governments compete for new plants and corporate relocations, and as private firms increasingly demand a deal. While incentives promise jobs and tax revenue, scholars and practitioners criticize their high cost and limited accountability....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011890120
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The middle-income trap 2.0 : the increasing role of human capital in the age of automation and implications for developing Asia
Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2020 - Update March 2020
We modify the concept of the middle-income trap (MIT) against the background of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the (future) challenges of automation (creating the concept of the "MIT 2.0") and discuss the implications for developing Asia. In particular, we analyze the impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206273
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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2019
. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies … aimed at dismantling these cultural barriers to female employment and the impacts they have. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122672