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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
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Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR) estimator, based on influence functions to examine...
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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
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Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli; Bicaba, Zorobabel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences between...
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Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. We focus on Burkina Faso, a country with a high prevalence of child labour and a high rate of migration. Given the complex relationship between remittance receipt and household time allocation decisions,...
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Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality
Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for …
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The Effects of "Girl-Friendly" Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Levy, Dan; Linden, Leigh L.; Sloan, Matt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality "girl-friendly" primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279240
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216756
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
domestic economy, but it will also affect the international trading markets. In addition, it will affect the West Africa region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294829
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How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …
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