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Epidemics, gender, and human capital in developing countries

Fabrizio, Stefania; Gomes, Diego Braz Pereira; … - 2021

Epidemics have disrupted lives for centuries with deleterious human capital and economic repercussions. In this paper, we investigate how epidemics episodes have impacted school dropouts in developing countries, considering 623 epidemics episodes across countries from 1970 to 2019. Our estimates...

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Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS

Haacker, Markus - 2003

The paper evaluates the impact of HIV/AIDS on welfare in several countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Unlike … studies focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on GDP per capita, we evaluate the impact of increased mortality using estimates of … the value of statistical life. Our results illustrate the catastrophic impact of HIV/AIDS in the worst-affected countries …

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Economic development and structural change : the role of services

Debús, Carlos; Delbianco, Fernando - In: Journal of economic development 46 (2021) 3, pp. 65-84

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Finance, growth, and inequality

Levine, Ross - 2021

Finance and growth emerged as a distinct field of economics during the last three decades as economists integrated the fields of finance and economic growth and then explored the ramifications of the functioning of financial systems on economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. In this...

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How do climate shocks affect the impact of FDI, ODA and remittances on economic growth?

Drabo, Alassane - 2021

The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...

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Tracing productivity growth channels in the UK

Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Korosteleva, Julia - 2021

What drove the UK productivity slowdown post-GFC, and how is the post-Covid recovery expected to differ? This paper traces the sources of TFP growth in the UK over the last two decades through the lens of a structural model of innovation, using registry data on the universe of firms. The...

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Financial inclusion : what have we learned so far? : what do we have to learn?

Barajas, Adolfo; Beck, Thorsten; Belhaj, Mohamed; Ben … - 2020

The past two decades have seen a rapid increase in interest in financial inclusion, both from policymakers and researchers. This paper surveys the main findings from the literature, documenting the trends over time and gaps that have arisen across regions, income levels, and gender, among...

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Domestic amplifiers of external shocks : growth accelerations and reversals in emerging market and developing economies

Gruss, Bertrand; Nabar, Malhar; Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos - 2019

External conditions have been found to influence the tendency of emerging market and developing economies to experience episodes of growth accelerations and reversals. In this paper we study the role of domestic policies and other structural attributes in amplifying or mitigating the effect that...

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Financial liberalization, political openness and growth in developing countries : relationship and transmission channels

Lajili, Oualid; Gilles, Philippe - In: Journal of economic development 43 (2018) 1, pp. 1-27

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Financial development and economic growth : some Caribbean empirical evidence

Ghartey, Edward E. - In: Journal of economic development 43 (2018) 1, pp. 49-76

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844738

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