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Economic geography determinants of spatial wage disparities in South Africa: Evidence from a firm-level panel
Mulumba, Sanduku; Edwards, Lawrence; Fadiran, David … - 2024
In this paper, we use the new economic geography (NEG) framework to estimate the extent to which spatial wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054270
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Reversal of the Kuznets curve: Study on the inequality-development relation using top income shares data
Tuominen, Elina - 2015
This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418559
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Diaspora externalities: A view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943832
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Six development paths in Southeast Asia: Three plus three
Montes, Manuel F. - 2018
development. In the past half-century, these countries raised agricultural productivity faster than population growth and … displayed sufficient state capability to direct change towards a respectable level of industrial development. In this period …: agriculture, industry, foreign trade and investment, and social development. By using a more socially grounded analytical approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943901
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Two for the price of one? The contribution to development of the new female elites
Wolf, Alison - 2010
This paper describes the very different role played by female elites in contemporary developing countries, as compared to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more important in business and politics in today's developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280222
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Inequality in China: Development, transition, and policy
Li, Shi; Sicular, Terry; Tarp, Finn - 2018
outcome of four interleaved stories. The first story is a standard development story characterized by structural change …, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146470
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The evolution of inequality in Mozambique: 1996/97-2019/20
Barletta, Giulia; Ibraimo, Maimuna; Salvucci, Vincenzo; … - 2022
After decades of war, ending in 1992, Mozambique embarked on a path of sustained economic growth and substantial poverty reduction. However, these positive dynamics started to revert from 2015, with per capita growth rates getting close to zero and household real consumption reducing in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322641
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Disentangling the pattern of geographic concentration in Tunisian manufacturing industries
Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014
In this paper, we examine the pattern of spatial concentration of manufacturing industries observed in Tunisia and explore the factors driving firms' choices of location at the provincial level. We consider specialization and competition indicators as the driving forces and also examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352730
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Where is commercial farming expanding in Mozambique? Evidence from agricultural surveys
Glover, Steven M.; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Jones, Sam - 2016
This paper studies the dynamics of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, focusing on the role of commercial farms. Using agricultural survey data from 2002 to 2012, we analyse the spatial distribution of large farms and identify factors influencing their location decisions. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653971
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains: Implications for local suppliers in Zambia
Ziba, Francis; Phiri, Mwanda - 2017
The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction. Furthermore, while the expansion of supermarket chains in Zambia...
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