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Why do South Korean firms produce so much more output per worker than Ghanaian ones?
Baptist, Simon; Teal, Francis J. - 2015
productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289948
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Why do foreign-owned-firms pay more? : the role of on-the-job training
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank A. - 2002
Foreign-owned firms have consistently been found to pay higher wages than domestic firms to what appear to be equally productive workers in both developed and developing countries alike. Although a number of studies have documented and some attempted to explain this stylized fact, the issue...
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Spillovers from foreign firms through worker mobility : an empirical investigation
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2002
While there has been a large empirical literature on productivity spillovers from foreign to domestic firms this literature treats the channels through which these spillover effects work as a black box. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature. Our results suggest that firms which...
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Regional differences in intersectoral linkages and diverse patterns of structural transformation
Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2022
censuses for Ghana, we test and find support for four predictions related to this hypothesis: (1) a recent, positive mining … output shock that occurred in the south of Ghana leads to growing differences in intersectoral linkages between the north and …
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Gender gaps across countries and skills : supply, demand and the industry structure
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2011
The gender wage gap varies widely across countries and across skill groups within countries. Interestingly, there is a positive cross-country correlation between the unskilled-to-skilled gender wage gap and the corresponding gap in hours worked. Based on a canonical supply and demand framework,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379497
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Multidimensional human capital, wages and endogenous employment status in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo (contributor) - 2008
skills, such as adult literacy programs, or other types of education. This paper examines these issues for Ghana, by … ; cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; formal education ; adult literacy programs ; Ghana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793530
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Capital-skill complementarity : evidence from manufacturing industries in Ghana
Akay, Gokhan H.; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2009
purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932439
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The economic consequences of "Brain Drain" of the best and brightest : microeconomic evidence from five countries
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2010
Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration, the evidence base on...
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Productive benefits of health : evidence from low-income countries
Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2005
components of health are equal. Evidence from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Brazil suggest that the health human capital effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002597744
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Is rationing in the microfinance sector determined by the microfinance type? : evidence from Ghana
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2015
This study sets out to examine the extent to which access to credit and credit rationing are influenced by the microfinance type based on the major factors determining micro, small and medium enterprises' access to credit from microfinance institutions in the era of financial liberalization. The...
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