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The apprenticeship-to-work transition : experimental evidence from Ghana
Hardy, Morgan; Mbiti, Isaac M.; McCasland, Jamie; … - 2019
levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022375
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Understanding economic growth in Ghana in comparative perspective
Geiger, Michael; Trenczek, Jan; Wacker, Konstantin - 2019
Ghana has experienced a decade of solid and exceptionally high growth. Between 2005 and 2015, income nearly doubled … decompositions and growth regressions. For the comparative perspective, the paper compares Ghana with its structural and aspirational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002718
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Measuring farm labor : survey experimental evidence from Ghana
Gaddis, Isis; Oseni, Gbemisola; Palacios-Lopez, Amparo; … - 2019
This study examines recall bias in farm labor by conducting a randomized survey experiment in Ghana. Hours of farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004782
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Measuring employment : experimental evidence from urban Ghana
Heath, Rachel; Mansuri, Ghazala; Rijkers, Bob; Seitz, … - 2020
Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241289
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Labor supply responses to health shocks : evidence from high-frequency labor market data from urban Ghana
Heath, Rachel; Mansuri, Ghazala; Rijkers, Bob - 2019
data that were collected in urban Ghana, this paper documents that men are 9 percentage points more likely to work in weeks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167783
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Markups, market imperfections, and trade openness : evidence from Ghana
Damoah, Kaku Attah - 2019
This paper investigates the impact of Ghana's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession on firm-level product and labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168018
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From Ghana to America : the skill content of jobs and economic development
Bello, Salvatore Lo; Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura; … - 2019
There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content of jobs. This paper contributes to this research by using data on the task content of occupations in developing countries, instead of U.S. data, as most existing studies do. The paper finds that indexes based on U.S. data do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008040
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Agglomeration, urbanization and employment growth in Ghana : evidence from an industry-district panel
Kerr, Andrew; McDougall, Bruce - 2019
In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated, using data from two firm censuses, as well as population census and trade data. The study is the first to use nationally representative firm data that covers the formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113731
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Trust to pay? : tax morale and trust in Africa
Kouamé, Wilfried A. K. - 2019
African countries: Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, and Nigeria. First, the paper provides theoretical foundations of such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113908
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The social value of health insurance : results from Ghana
Garcia Mandico, Silvia; Reichert, Arndt R.; Strupat, … - 2019
This paper uses the roll-out of the national health insurance in Ghana to assess the cushioning effect of coverage on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114362