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Determinants of Participation in Manufacturing GVCs in Africa : The Role of Skills, Human Capital Endowment and Migration

Yameogo, Nadege Desiree - 2019

This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa … for economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, skilled labor seems to be the strongest determinant of participation in backward and … policies to improve Sub-Saharan Africa?s integration in manufacturing global value chains should target: shifting from …

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The Lost Human Capital : Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa

Bold, Tessa - 2019

In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while attending school. Using unique data from nationally representative surveys of schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper proposes a methodology to assess the effect...

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Emigration and Democracy

Docquier, Frédéric - 2017

Migration is an important yet neglected determinant of institutions. This paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. The authors find that emigration and human capital...

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The Economic Consequences Of"Brain Drain"Of the Best and Brightest : Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries

Gibson, John - 2017

Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration, the evidence base on...

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Non-Renewable Resources, Fiscal Rules, and Human Capital

Levine, Paul - 2019

This paper develops a multi-sector, small open economy Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model, which includes the accumulation of human capital, built via public expenditures in education and health. Four possible fiscal rules are examined for total public investment in infrastructure,...

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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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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China

Loyalka, Prashant Kumar - 2017

A number of developing countries are currently promoting vocational education and training (VET) as a way to build human capital and strengthen economic growth. The primary aim of this study is to understand whether VET at the high school level contributes to human capital development in one of...

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Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Human Capital : Evidence from Colombia

Baez, Javier Eduardo - 2017

Conditional cash transfers are programs under which poor families get a stipend provided they keep their children in school and take them for health checks. Although there is significant evidence showing that they have positive impacts on school participation, little is known about the long-term...

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Returns to Investment in Education : A Decennial Review of the Global Literature

Psacharopoulos, George - 2018

Returns to investment in education based on human capital theory have been estimated systematically since the 1950s. In the 60-plus year history of such estimates, there have been several compilations in the literature. This paper reviews and highlights the latest trends and patterns based on a...

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A Primer on Human Capital

Flabbi, Luca - 2018

This note summarizes some of the key contributions in the macro- and micro- economic literature on the pathways linking human capital and income growth. Rather than completeness, the objective of this work is to distill some of the most relevant threads in the evolution of these literatures...

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