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Why Not Africa?
Freeman, Richard B. - 1999
Various arguments have been used to explain Sub-Saharan Africa's economic decline. We find that a stress on investments in education as a prerequisite for more rapid growth is misplaced; that greater openness is far from sufficient to insure economic progress; that income inequality and urban bias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471865
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Human Capital by Gender : a G20 and Selected Geographies Perspective
Fraumeni, Barbara M.; Liu, Gang; Managi, Shunsuke - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper aims to identify the sources of human capital growth for the observation period 1990-2020 by region, gender and various determinants. It is a preliminary version of a forthcoming Inclusive Wealth Report 2023 (UNESCO and Urban Institute of Kyushu University) report. It focuses on five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468276
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Do reticent managers lie during firm surveys?
Clarke, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
their firms pay higher wages than other firms. This is consistent with previous studies that have found that they also … report better performance. Second, it shows that workers at firms with reticent managers report lower, or similar, wages to … is, reticent managers in Nigeria report paying higher wages but they are not doing so. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260647
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Manufacturing firms in Africa: Some stylized facts about wages and productivity
Clarke, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
development. Further, even though many Africans earn subsistence wages working for informal firms, formal firms have higher labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422089
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FINANCING EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ERITREA – SOME IMPLICATIONS
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Education has long been recognized as a central element in development. The human capital formation is receiving increased attention from policy makers and scholars in different parts of the world particularly in developing countries. Eritrea is a newly born nation in Africa and is striving hard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836463
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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa.
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924835
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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa.
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over rising unemployment and depleting per capita income accruing there-from. We look at the issue in this paper from a long run perspective by examining the nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109093
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Long-term effects of population growth on aggregate investment dynamics: selected country evidence for Africa
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The role of Africa in world demographic change is primary and consequences on future investment dynamics could provide some insight on how unemployment, economic migration and other issues resulting there-from could be addressed. Using Johansen and Granger-causality models on data from 1977 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109844
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Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa: a WHO based Assessment
Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Abstract Purpose – How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114002
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HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA – A CASE OF ERITREA
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Education has long been recognized as a central element in development. The human capital formation is receiving increased attention from policy makers and scholars in different parts of the world particularly in developing countries. Eritrea is a newly born nation in Africa and is striving hard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789784