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Firm productive performances in five Middle East and North African (MENA) economies and eight manufacturing industries are compared to those in 17 other developing countries. Although the broad picture hides some heterogeneity, enterprises in MENA often performed inadequately compared to MENA...
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Firm productive performances in five Middle East and North African (MENA) economies and eight manufacturing industries are compared to those in 17 other developing countries. Although the broad picture hides some heterogeneity, enterprises in MENA often performed inadequately compared to MENA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278338
in country where labor supply is scarce. However, in a country like Uganda where rural poor are often underemployed and …
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gender discrimination in origin countries can be a push factor for women and therefore that a reduction in discrimination can … discrimination leads to an increase of skilled women migration. The paper also provides an original index of gender discrimination … correlated with the migration of women (especially the high-skilled) and negatively correlated with the migration of men …
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-shaped curve, a decrease in the discrimination level implies a related increase in fertility, women's participation in the labor …
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applicants and female recruiters are more likely to call back women. The paper also directly tests for statistical discrimination …
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for women's empowerment. Available results of impact studies call for circumspection; microfinance can free women from … the disparities between men and women, but also among women themselves. …
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This article analyzes the consequences on capital accumulation and environmental quality of environmental policies financed by public debt. A public sector of pollution abatement is financed by a tax and/or public debt. We show that if the initial capital stock is high enough, the economy...
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In this paper, we formalize the view that economic development requires high rates of productive entrepreneurship, and this requires an e¢ cient matching between entrepreneurial talent and production technologies. We …rst explore the role of …nancial development in promoting such e¢ cient...
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The empirical U-shaped pattern between product diversification and economic development has been widely examined, but here we analyze the determinants of diversification. We find that a high level of rent-seeking activities has a large impact on the diversification of nations : in countries...
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