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Do market pressures induce economic efficiency : the case of Slovenian manufacturing, 1994 - 2001
Orazem, Peter F. (contributor); Vodopivec, Milan (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001800163
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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
Macro analysis of the sources of income differences has produced very different results as to the importance of education. In this paper we investigate the roles of education and technology in explaining differences in firm level productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289948
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Intangible investment and technical efficiency : the case of software-intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey
Findik, Derya; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309152
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Child welfare and old-age security in female headed households in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger (contributor) - 2009
households (MHH) in Tanzania as well as with the underlying cause of potentially different patterns. I estimate semiparametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794027
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Do labor statistics depend on how and to whom the questions are asked? : results from a survey experiment in Tanzania
Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; … - 2010
survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent … design ; Tanzania ; field experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938170
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Explaining variation in child labor statistics
Dillon, Andrew; Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen - 2010
randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work … collected. -- child labor ; survey design ; Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989696
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Primary education expansion and quality of schooling : evidence from Tanzania
Valente, Christine - 2015
the effect of enrollment growth following the removal of primary school fees in Tanzania and find that it led to large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307899
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Entrepreneurship and the business environment in Africa : an application to Ethiopia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2013
Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business environment. Moreover, the low-productive firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787342
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Asymmetry of information within family networks
De Weerdt, Joachim; Génicot, Garance; Mesnard, Alice - 2014
Tanzania. Using cross-reports on asset holdings, we construct measures of misperception of income among all pairs of households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398780
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2011
's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to … the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. -- child labor ; emigration ; transfers ; Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238596