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Association of Human Capital with Physical Growth from Birth to Adulthood : Evidence from the New Delhi Birth Cohort, India

Sachdev, Harshpal Singh - 2020

Undernutrition begins early in life and has lifelong consequences. The cost of undernutrition both for the individual and the economy are substantial. Analyzing data from an Indian cohort, the New Delhi Birth Cohort, formed between 1969 and 1972, this paper provides evidence on the associations...

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Hidden Human Capital : Psychological Empowerment and Adolescent Girls' Aspirations in India

Roy, Sanchari - 2016

aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. The study finds that girls' self-efficacy and mental health are …

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Enterprise Skills and Firm Performance in Zambia : Evidence from Structural Equation Modeling of a Skills Demand Model

World Bank Group - 2018

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Capital market financing and firm growth

Didier, Tatiana; Levine, Ross; Llovet Montanes, Ruth; … - 2020

This paper studies whether there is a connection between finance and growth at the firm level. It employs a new dataset of 150,165 equity and bond issuances around the world, matched with income and balance sheet data for 62,653 listed firms in 65 countries over 1990-2016. Three main patterns...

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The Impact of Digital Technologies on Routine Tasks : Do Labor Policies Matter?

Almeida, Rita K. - 2017

There is a strong concern that technology is increasingly replacing routine tasks, displacing lower-skilled workers. Labor market institutions exist to protect workers from shocks but, by increasing labor costs, labor policy may also constrain firms from adjusting the workforce and, hence, from...

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ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico

Iacovone, Leonardo - 2016

This paper presents a set of stylized facts on the relation between information and communications technology (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set on information and communications technology for Mexico, the study finds that firms facing...

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Mainstreaming Citizen Feedback on Service Delivery using ICTs : Findings and Lessons from ICT-based Feedback Surveys on Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Indian Cities

Bhatnagar, Vandana - 2017

was introduced by the Government of India's Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to strengthen the focus on service … integral component of India's urban reform formulations, the availability and quality of this data have tended to remain poor …. In recent years, various social accountability tools and participation processes have also been introduced in India to …

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Human capital and macro-economic development : a review of the evidence

Rossi, Federico - 2018

This paper reviews the evidence on the importance of human capital for macro-economic development. Through the lens of a simple aggregate production function, human capital might increase output per capita by directly entering in the production process, incentivising the accumulation of...

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Domestic government spending on human capital : a cross-country analysis of recent trends

Andrews, Kathryn; Avitabile, Ciro; Gatti, Roberta - 2019

Using a new data set comprised of publicly available information, this paper provides cross-country evidence on domestic government spending for human capital in recent years. Creating a measure of social spending that covers the three sectors of health, education, and social protection has...

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Cities of workers, children, or seniors? : age structure and economic growth in a global cross-section of cities

Jedwab, Remi; Pereira, Daniel; Roberts, Mark - 2019

A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...

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