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The physical or absolute geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is often blamed for its poor economic performance. A …
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-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …
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Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
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This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...
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tax have a significant negative effect on the household GINI index and on poverty. We also examine three alternative …
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In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past …. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost ground, Africa’s average per capita income declined. Since the mid …. Although the improved growth performance has helped to improve human development and reduce poverty, poverty levels remain high …
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with globalization may be twin to each other. We provide statistical evidence of this so far neglected trade-off for a …
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While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its …
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Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...
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There is an intensive dispute in political economics about the impact of institutions on income redistribution. While the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on redistribution has attracted much less attention....
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