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Skills, Exports, and the Wages of Five Million Latin American Workers
Brambilla, Irene - 2017
inequality and international migration. This paper explores the skill premium and its link to exports in Latin America, thus … are important in explaining skill premiums. The analysis also suggests that the incidence of exports within industries … underlying industry and country characteristics that explain skill premiums. In particular, higher sectoral exports are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976623
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Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?
Go, Delfin S. - 2008
, such as developing the right institutions and the policies to raise savings and diversify exports, than about how to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772699
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Agriculture, Aid and Economic Growth in Africa
McArthur, John - 2018
How can foreign aid to agriculture support economic growth in Africa? This paper constructs a geographically-indexed applied general equilibrium model that considers pathways through which aid might affect growth and structural transformation of labor markets in the context of soil nutrient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918516
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Specification of Investment Functions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bayraktar, Nihal - 2016
It is a well-known fact that one of the most important determinants of growth is private investment. But in the developing country context of widespread poverty, the effects of initial conditions on the process of capital accumulation have seldom been investigated. This paper highlights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747803
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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa
Yoshino, Yutaka - 2008
other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of … African manufacturing exports. The degree of market diversification, measured by the number of export destinations, is highly … firm-level export intensity. Some qualitative differences exist between Africa's regional exports and exports to the global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219055
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Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence From Developed and Developing Countries
Alfani, Federica; Clementi, Fabio; Fabiani, Michele; … - 2021
Over the past two decades developing countries have seen a rapid increase in the number of women taking an active role in the labor market. While acknowledging that this is an important development outcome, this paper cautions against the possible undesired distributional effects that it can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228586
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2007
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2008
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723979
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The Aftermath of Civil War
Chen, Siyan - 2016
Using an quot;event-studyquot; methodology, this paper analyzes the aftermath of civil war in a cross-section of countries. It focuses on those experiences where the end of conflict marks the beginning of a relatively lasting peace. The paper considers 41 countries involved in internal wars in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747786
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Governance Matters V : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators for 1996-2005
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2016
The authors report on the latest version of the worldwide governance indicators, covering 213 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance from 1996 until end-2005: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747976
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Governance Matters VI : Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2007
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2006: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049000