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Openness and human capital as sources of productivity growth : an empirical investigation from the MENA countries
Haouas, Ilham (contributor); Yagoubi, Mahmoud (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countries spanning the 1965-2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002549383
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391202
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The demographic transition : causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility … and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530744
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Fertility and the puzzle of female employment in the Middle East
Majbouri, Mahdi - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - 2018
four decades, despite the fact that in the same period, women's education rapidly increased and fertility rates … at first birth as an instrumental variable to estimate the causal impact of fertility on participation of mothers in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798099
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Explaining the MENA paradox : rising educational attainment, yet stagnant female labor force participation
Asʿad, Rāǧī; Hendy, Rana; Lassassi, Moundir; … - 2018
Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing if not reversal of the gender gap in education, female labor force participation rates in the MENA region remain low and stagnant, a phenomenon that has come to be known as the "MENA paradox." Even if increases in participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810299
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581624
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Parental response to early human capital shocks : evidence from the Chernobyl accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010248827
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Fathering daughters and personality
Lent, Max van - 2022
The big five personality traits develop over a person's lifetime. There is some suggestive evidence that major life events - such as getting married, being fired from a job, and having children - affect personality. However, these associations cannot be interpreted as causal. This is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805402
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The effect of labor market shocks across the life cycle
Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022
relocate to new labor markets, individuals in the middle of their careers reduce fertility and adjust family formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013415340
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The fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of structural change
Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023
Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility … transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition … to analyze the driving forces of fertility transitions across low- and middle-income countries. Our results confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228925