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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 …

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Is education used as a signaling device for productivity in developing countries? : Evidence from Ghana

Strobl, Eric (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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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 …

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Remittances and child labour in Africa : evidence from Burkina Faso

Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine - 2014

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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Is climbing difficult? : a gendered analysis on the use of financial services in Ghana and South Africa

Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom - 2013

, draws on the FinMark national-level data from Ghana and South Africa. The main observation is that females in South Africa … are more likely to use general financial and investment products than in Ghana. The results also reveal that in Ghana, a …

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Remittances and child labour in Africa : evidence from Burkina Faso

Boutin, Delphine - 2014

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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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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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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 …

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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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