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Product complexity and economic development
Abdon, Arnelyn; Bacate, Marife; Felipe, Jesus; Kumar, Utsav - 2010
We rank 5,107 products and 124 countries according to the Hidalgo and Hausmann (2009) measures of complexity. We find that: (1) the most complex products are in machinery, chemicals, and metals, while the least complex products are raw materials and commodities, wood, textiles, and agricultural...
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Economic Challenges for East Timor
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2020
important role in this development and East Timor is fortunate to have a large petroleum fund to utilize for economic growth and … development. Unfortunately, the fund is about to dry up. There are also clear signs that a large part of investments and … development efforts are misplaced. Political conflicts and weak institutions are explaining some of the failures to generate a …
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Capital nationality and economic development
Martins, Guilherme Klein - 2022
This paper reviews different literature strands and performs an empirical test to evaluate how capital ownership, particularly its nationality, might affect long-run economic develop- ment. Our results indicate that low and middle-income countries with larger foreign capital stock in 1980 had...
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The research university, invention, and industry: Evidence from German history
Dittmar, Jeremiah E.; Meisenzahl, Ralf R. - 2022
We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing...
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ICTs and rural development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2006
communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …
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ICTs and rural development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2006
communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322716
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Are the effects of informational interventions driven by salience?
Bettinger, Eric; Cunha, Nina Menezes; Lichand, Guilherme; … - 2020
Informational interventions have been shown to significantly change behavior across a variety of settings. Is that because they lead subjects to merely update beliefs in the right direction? Or, alternatively, is it to a large extent because they increase the salience of the decision they...
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The psychological effects of poverty on investments in children's human capital
Lichand, Guilherme; Bettinger, Eric; Cunha, Nina Menezes; … - 2020
Poverty focuses attention on present needs. Does that mean that poor parents respond inefficiently to future returns on investments in their children's human capital - even when they would have the financial means to invest optimally? We study this question in the context of an educational...
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Arm-wrestling in the classroom: The non-monotonic effects of monitoring teachers
Lichand, Guilherme; Wolf, Sharon - 2020
Teacher absenteeism and shirking are common problems in developing countries. While monitoring teachers should ameliorate those problems, mobilizing parents to do so often leads to small or even negative effects on learning outcomes. This paper provides causal evidence that this might result...
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Are the effects of informational interventions driven by salience?
Bettinger, Eric; Cunha, Nina Menezes; Lichand, Guilherme; … - 2021
Informational interventions have been shown to significantly change behavior across a variety of settings. Is that because they lead subjects to merely update beliefs in the right direction? Or, alternatively, is it to a large extent because they increase the salience of the decision they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439350