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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2008
recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773083
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Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
audience in the political and scientific world, in this paper we further analyze the UNICEF study data base and present three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775460
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Globalization, Institutions, and the Ethnic Divide : Recent Longitudinal Evidence
Wunnava, Phani V. - 2012
significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107710
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Global Universal Basic Skills : Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2022
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally … competitive? And what would accomplishing this mean for world development? Based on the micro data of international and regional … skills for 159 countries that cover 98.1% of world population and 99.4% of world GDP. We find that at least two-thirds of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243471
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Globalization and Employment : Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries
Conte, Andrea; Vivarelli, Marco - 2021
This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317026
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117402
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Globalization, Structural Change and Innovation in Emerging Economies : The Impact on Employment and Skills
Vivarelli, Marco - 2018
This paper aims to provide a critical overview of the drivers that the relevant theoretical and empirical literature suggests being crucial in dealing with the challenges an emerging country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status, with a particular focus devoted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909972
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The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Informality in Low- and Middle Income Countries
Jessen, Jonas - 2019
Labor markets in low- and middle income countries are characterized by high levels of informality. A multitude of interventions have therefore been implemented in many countries with the objective to increase the formalization of firms and workers, including information campaigns, simplification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865842
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Decomposition of Differences in PISA Results in Middle Income Countries
Nieto, Sandra - 2014
Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational outcomes. With this aim, we use PISA microdata for 10 middle income and 2 high income countries and we apply decomposition methods in order to identify the role of these factors for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057037
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Migration and Globalization : What's in it for Developing Countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985654