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Demographic dividends, gender equality, and economic growth : the case of Cabo Verde
Marone, Heloisa - 2016
. The study investigates gender gaps in the labor market participation rate, employment conditions, and the use of time … employability, and enable them to secure employment. Overall, this study contributes to the debate on how better to manage the …
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Trade, jobs, and inequality
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021
This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605685
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Private sector job creation in MENA : prioritizing the reform agenda
Baduel, Bénédicte; Geginat, Carolin; Pierre, Gaëlle - 2019
environment around the time of the Arab Spring and the extent to which these constraints affected their employment performance … to electricity are found to explain a significant part of the lack of employment growth in MENA firms compared to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103780
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Income inequality in small states and the Caribbean : stylized facts and determinants
McIntyre, Meredith A.; Bejar, Pablo; Komatsuzaki, Takuji; … - 2021
Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a sample of small states finds that increased openness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518290
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Proximity and horizontal policies : the backbone of export diversification and complexity
Salinas, Gonzalo - 2021
The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to diversify exports. This paper, however, does find a strong statistical connection between horizontal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518855
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Technological progress, artificial intelligence, and inclusive growth
Korinek, Anton; Schindler, Martin; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2021
Advances in artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to be labor-saving and to increase inequality and poverty around the globe. They also give rise to winner-takes-all dynamics that advantage highly skilled individuals and countries that are at the forefront of technological...
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A diversification strategy for South Asia
Lian, Weicheng; Liu, Fei; Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna; Zhu, … - 2021
While South Asia has gone a long way in diversifying their economies, there is substantial scope to do more. Some countries - India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka - can build on their existing production capabilities; others - Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives - would need to undertake a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605524
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The heavy economic toll of gender-based violence : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Stenzel, David - 2021
cost results from a significant drop in female employment. Our results also show that violence against women is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795142
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Gender inequality and economic growth : evidence from industry-level data
Bertay, Ata Can; Dordevic, Ljubica; Sever, Can - 2020
should disproportionately benefit industries with typically higher female share in their employment relative to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252673
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Does an inclusive citizenship law promote economic development?
Imam, Patrick; Kpodar, Kangni - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of citizenship laws on economic development. We first document the evolution of citizenship laws around the world, highlighting the main features of jus soli, jus sanguinis as well as mixed regimes, and shedding light on the channels through which they could have...
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