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Malaysia's economic growth and transition to high income : an application of the World Bank Long Term Growth Model (LTGM)
Devadas, Sharmila; Guzman, Jorge; Kim, Young Eun; … - 2020
capital and slowing growth rates of total factor productivity and human capital. Strong reforms are required for Malaysia to …, and total factor productivity. In the strong reform scenario, based on growth drivers achieving a target corresponding to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241371
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Mexico : human capital effects on wages and productivity
López Acevedo, Gladys; Tinajero, Monica; Rubio, Marcela - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003442763
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Sources of China's economic growth, 1952 - 1999 : incorporating human capital accumulation
Wang, Yan; Yao, James Yudong - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001601990
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Improving mental well-being and productivity of small-medium entrepreneurs in fragile, conflict and violence affected areas : can cognitive behavioral therapy trainings help?
Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Gallardo, Miguel; … - 2018
This literature review summarizes the link between psychological well-being and entrepreneurial outcomes for small and medium-size enterprises in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts. It identifies potentially promising, scalable psychosocial training interventions, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875332
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Life expectancy at birth and lifetime education and earnings
Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, … - 2020
Exploiting cross-birth cohort and cross-country variation from a pool of 188 household surveys from 111 countries, this paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of schooling for every 8.3 years of increased life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388740
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Migration and remittances in the Former Soviet Union countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus : what are the long-term macroeconomic consequences?
Brownbridge, Martin; Canagarajah, Sudharshan - 2020
enable migrant workers to exploit opportunities to work in economies where labor productivity is higher. The inflow of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228263
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The Utilization-adjusted Human Capital Index (UHCI) : background paper the Human Capital Index 2020 update
Pennings, Steven - 2020
The World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI) is based on the productivity gains of future workers from human capital … fully use their skills and cognitive abilities to increase their productivity. The Utilization-adjusted Human Capital … increase their productivity ("better employment"). The UHCIs generalize the growth-based interpretation of the HCI: the inverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296855
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Mama knows (and does) best : maternal schooling opportunities and child development in Indonesia
Hasan, Amer; Nakajima, Nozomi; Rangel, Marcos A. - 2020
This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the program. Novel and rich data allow the analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297484
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Determinants of participation in manufacturing GVCs in Africa : the role of skills, human capital endowment and migration
Yaméogo, Nadège Désirée; Jammeh, Kebba - 2019
This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa's participation in manufacturing global value chains. Due to lack of reliable data on skilled labor, skilled and unskilled labor contents in exports were generated from the...
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