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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Sectoral Analysis
Khan, Muhammad Arshad; Khan, Shujaat Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
under the framework of Granger causality and panel cointegration for Pakistan over the period 1981-2008. The result supports … result also supports the evidence of long-run causality running from GDP to FDI, while in the short run, the evidence of two …-way causality between FDI and GDP is identified. At the sectoral level, the effects of FDI on growth vary significantly across …
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External Debt and Growth in Developing Countries: A Sensitivity and Causal Analysis
Chowdhury, Abdur R. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper aims to enhance the existing literature on the debt-growth nexus by analysing the relationship in two separate country groups using the extreme bounds analysis for sensitivity tests and the mixed, fixed, and random coefficient approach that allows for heterogeneity in the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691809
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The Causal Relationship between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment
Gholami, Roghieh; Lee, Sang-Yong Tom; Heshmati, Almas - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign direct investment (FDI), with reference to its implications on economic growth. For the empirical analysis we use data from 23 major countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725987
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The Dynamic Relationship between Price and Trading Volume: Evidence from Indian Stock Market
Kumar, Brajesh; Singh, Priyanka; Pandey, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2010
using VAR, Granger causality, variance decomposition (VD) and impulse response function (IRF) are examined. Mixture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543098
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The Predictive Value of Subjective Labour Supply Data: A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Measurement Error
Euwals, Rob - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year’s working hours, such data must contain at least some information on individual labour supply...
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Understanding NREGA: A Simple Theory and Some Facts
Sinha, Uday Bhanu; Mukherjee, Diganta - eSocialSciences - 2010
A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage that even if competitively determined may not be adequate for the poor household to reach their target income; what they consider as means of a decent living. Envisaging...
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Determinants of On-the-job Search in India: Macro and Micro Evidences
M, Krishna; Paul, G.D Bino - eSocialSciences - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to examine two core features of on-the-job search in India. First, based on National Sample Survey (NSS) 66th round unit level data, we identify the factors influencing the decision of the employed to engage in search activity. [LMRF Discussion Paper 14]....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568001
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For Love or Money? Motivating Workers
Naeem, Saima; Zaman, Asad - eSocialSciences - 2013
An analysis of the ability of employers to provide care and attention as a way to motivate their employees is done. Workers not only compare their wages, as pointed out in previous literature, but also compare the socio-emotional resources provided by their employer. This provides important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945280
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Fertility, Female Labor Supply and Public Policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - eSocialSciences - 2010
female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … both higher female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511372
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The Wide Angle: The End of Population Growth
Sanyal, Sanjeev - eSocialSciences - 2011
The the population dynamics of the 21st century is shown here.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319308