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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan - 2019
middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894075
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Thresholds in the Process of International Financial Integration
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2009
, however, is that there seem to be certain threshold levels of financial and institutional development that an economy needs to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160313
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The Informal Sector Wage Gap : New Evidence Using Quantile Estimations on Panel Data
Bargain, Olivier - 2009
This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158055
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Trade and Economic Growth : Theories and Evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Farahane, Matias - 2020
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional integration agreement (RIA) organization, the central objective of whose formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823307
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Human Capital Persistence and Development
Rocha, Rudi - 2015
particular regions of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th century. We show that municipalities that received settlements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016395
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043700
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ICT Adoption and Productivity in Developing Countries : New Firm Level Evidence from Brazil and India
Basant, Rakesh - 2015
This paper uses a unique new data set on nearly a thousand manufacturing firms in Brazil and India to investigate the … power disruption seems to significantly depress adoption and returns to ICT expenditures in India. This may be indicative of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750467
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Looking Back on the Lessons of 'Higher Education and Developing Countries : Peril and Promise': Perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E. - 2016
focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
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Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022
investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083701
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development : In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
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