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The Contribution of Female Health to Economic Development
Bloom, David E. - 2015
We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium framework in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for...
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Commodity Price Volatility and World Market Integration Since 1700
Jacks, David S. - 2009
of life deep into the 18th century. Does world market integration breed more or less commodity price volatility? The … been associated with much greater commodity price volatility, while world market integration associated with peace and pro … never been constant. Globalization increased poor country specialization in commodities when the world went open after the …
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Financial Development in 205 Economies, 1960 to 2010
Čihák, Martin - 2013
financial systems around the world. The database provides information on financial systems in 205 economies over the period from …
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138765
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Colonialism, Inequality, and Long-Run Paths of Development
Engerman, Stanley L.; Sokoloff, Kenneth L. - 2021
Over the last few years, colonialism, especially as pursued by Europeans, has enjoyed a revival in interest among both scholars and the general public. Although a number of new accounts cast colonial empires in a more favorable light than has generally been customary, others contend that...
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Cofinancing in Environment and Development : Evidence from the Global Environment Facility
Kotchen, Matthew J. - 2015
Leveraged cofinancing from public and private sources has emerged as a policy priority among international environment and development agencies. There is nevertheless surprisingly little research on the determinants and impacts of cofinancing for accomplishing environment and development goals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022939
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Institutions for High-Quality Growth : What They are and How to Acquire Them
Rodrik, Dani - 2021
This paper opens with a discussion of the types of institutions that allow markets to perform adequately. While we can identify in broad terms what these are, there is no unique mapping between markets and the non-market institutions that underpin them. The paper emphasizes the importance of...
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Government, Financial Markets, and Economic Development
Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2021
Ideological debates on the role of government in development have focused on two contrasting prescriptions: one calling for large scale government interventions to solve problems of massive market failures, the other for the unfettering of markets, with the dynamic forces of capitalism naturally...
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Trade Induced Structural Change and the Skill Premium
Cravino, Javier - 2017
We study how international trade affects manufacturing employment and the relative wage of unskilled workers when goods and services are traded with different intensities. Manufacturing trade reduces manufacturing prices worldwide, which reduces manufacturing employment if manufactures and...
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Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth
McMillan, Margaret - 2011
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to high-productivity activities are a key driver of...
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