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Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs : A New Narrative for African Manufacturing

Naudé, Wim - 2018

In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called 'brilliant' new technologies associated...

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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia

Haile, Getinet A. - 2014

There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...

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Capital-Skill Complimentarity : Evidence from Manufacturing Industries in Ghana

Akay, Gokhan H. - 2010

Using U.S. manufacturing data, Griliches (1969) found evidence suggesting that capital equipment was more substitutable for unskilled than skilled labor. Griliches formulated this finding as the capital-skill complementarity hypothesis. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the...

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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa : Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria

Owoo, Nkechi - 2014

from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …

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Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria

Bang, James T. - 2018

This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing …

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Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy

Grossmann, Volker - 2010

The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...

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Japan and Her Dealings with Offshoring : An Empirical Analysis with Aggregate Data

Agnese, Pablo - 2011

First moves towards a real understanding of offshoring date back to very recent times. In particular for Japan, the studies conducted so far focus alone on the productivity effects of offshoring at the firm level. Here I carry out the analysis of both the employment and productivity effects at...

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Manufacturing Employment and Exchange Rates in the Portuguese Economy : The Role of Openness, Technology and Labour Market Rigidity

Alexandre, Fernando - 2010

In this paper, we explore empirically the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity in the determination of the effect of the exchange rate on employment in Portugal. We develop an index that allows us to measure labour market flexibility at the sector level. This index shows that...

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Corruption as a Barrier to Entry : Theory and Evidence

Campos, Nauro F. - 2010

Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe ("tax"), but because of another less studied feature of corruption, namely bribe...

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Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries

Wagner, Joachim - 2010

Reliable information on the characteristics of exporting and non-exporting firms is important to guide theorists and policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for goods and services. This paper makes three contributions...

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