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Capacity development for the transformation of Africa
Léautier, Frannie A. - 2014
capital, and organizational performance, as well as introduces interpretations from co-evolutionary dynamics and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010253380
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Gender bias in education during conflict : evidence from Assam
Roy, Sutanuka; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476468
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Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling : new evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Danquah, Michael; Barimah, Alfred; … - 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to post one of the highest gender gaps in educational outcomes in the world. Gender gaps … explores two potential sources of gender bias: bias in the decision to enrol/keep boys and girls in school; and bias in the … educational expenditure on boys and girls enrolled in school. Our findings are illuminating: gender bias in households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165588
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Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices : are there gender differences in Ghana?
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla; Turkson, Festus Ebo; … - 2021
that of fathers. In terms of gender differences, there is the evidence of a dependency burden in the occupational choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509582
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Productivity-enhancing manufacturing clusters : evidence from Vietnam
Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2014
In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data source from Vietnam for 2002 to 2007, a period of significant transition. We address issues of simultaneity, self-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337668
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Inequality and institutional outcomes in Viet Nam : a combined principal components and clustering analysis
Hoang, Thu K.; Puzon, Klarizze Anne Martin; Hoai Thi … - 2024
Better understanding of inequality, including its relationship to governance and other key outcomes, is relevant both to academic researchers and to policy-makers. Nevertheless, efforts to establish causal relationships empirically remain hampered by the quality and availability of data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014555740
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Democracy clusters and patterns of inequality : a k-means approach
Puzon, Klarizze Anne Martin - 2023
This paper employs k-means clustering, a multidimensional pattern recognition method, to categorize countries using information from five Varieties of Democracy indices. K-means country clusters are similar but not entirely identical to both k-medians clusters and arbitrary groups formed using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290692
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Children's endowment, schooling, and work in Ethiopia
Dendir, Seife - 2013
I investigate the relationship between children's endowment and parental investment using a rich dataset on a cohort of children from Ethiopia, who were surveyed at ages eight, twelve and fifteen. Children's endowment is measured by scores on tests of cognitive skills/ability. A child's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009791728
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Public and private expenditures on human capital accumulation in India
Ghate, Chetan; Glomm, Gerhard; Stone, John T. - 2015
We study a model of human capital driven growth, where the parent's human capital serves as a productive input in the child's human capital production only when that of the former exceeds a minimum level required to intellectually contribute to the child's learning. Private and public...
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Foreign aid and mobilization of growth factors in sub-Saharan Africa
Mallaye, Douzounet; Urbain, Yogo Thierry - 2013
This study addresses the macroeconomic effect of foreign aid on the factors of growth. Specifically, we examine the effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological approach evaluates the effect of disaggregate aid (aid for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191184