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Young Entrepreneurs in Rural Africa: Prevalence, Determinants, Productivity
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
productivity in enterprises operated by young owners. Using the World Bank's recent LSMS-ISA database that covers six countries in … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959849
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Preferential Market Access into the Chinese Market: How Good is it for Africa?
Co, Catherine Y.; Dimova, Ralitza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential market access program for the least developed sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884140
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Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity …. In this paper we contribute to filling this gap by providing estimates of labor productivity in enterprises for Ethiopia … productivity, while households that experience shocks operate less productive enterprises. Furthermore we provide evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959758
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A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
Grimm, Michael; Munyehirwe, Anicet; Peters, Jörg; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
, productivity and convenience. Despite these effects, the data shows that adoption will be impeded by affordability, suggesting that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959818
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the population’s desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466010
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Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde
Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this research question. We analyze the case of Cape Verde, a country with allegedly the highest 'brain drain' in Africa, despite a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466035
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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?
Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper analyzes the creation, destruction and reallocation of jobs in order to understand the micro-dynamics of aggregate employment change in African manufacturing. The nature and magnitude of gross job flows are examined using a unique panel data of Ethiopian manufacturing establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558934
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Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C.; Lacuesta, Aitor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763495
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Malaria: Disease Impacts and Long-Run Income Differences
Zimmermann, Christian; Gollin, Douglas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causes over 300 million episodes of "acute illness" and more than one million deaths annually. Most of the deaths occur in poor countries of the tropics, and especially sub- Saharan Africa....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763773
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Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the World Bank's unique LSMSISA dataset. This dataset covers six countries over the period 2005 to 2012. We find that rural enterprises tend to be small, informal household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010788944