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destruction ; job reallocation ; firm dynamics ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; Ethiopia …
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Ethiopia) to measure the conflict's impact on children's health in both nations. The identification strategy uses event data to …-scores, with the children in the war-instigating and losing country (Eritrea) suffering more than the winning nation (Ethiopia …
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This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
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household data for Ethiopia, that in fact use of formal institutions and ROSCAs can co-exist, even in the same household. We … consistent with these empirical facts. -- household saving ; credit institutions ; ROSCAs ; Ethiopia …
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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 child labour, our identification...
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technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises from Ethiopia over the period 1996-2004 and deploying System Generalized … Method of Moments (GMM-SYS), this paper attempts to establish the nature of manufacturing employment in Ethiopia and the role …
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Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive …
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households and that both approaches confirm poverty is mainly transient in rural Ethiopia. However, we find that the trend in … ; multidimensional poverty index ; rural Ethiopia …
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across space in both countries. In Ethiopia rural non-farm enterprises are more productive in locations where farms are less … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …
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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 child labour, our identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360846