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The Exceptional Persistence of India's Unorganized Sector
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
The transformation of India's unorganized sector is important to its modernization, growth, and attainment of regional … economic equality. This paper documents several key facts about India's unorganized sector in manufacturing and services. First …
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What Determines Entrepreneurial Outcomes in Emerging Markets? The Role of Initial Conditions
Ayyagari, Meghana - 2017
the early lifecycle of firms across diverse institutional environments of regions in India. It finds that the size and …
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Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits : Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India's Informal Sector
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration benefits, gender and informality. Focusing on the important policy objective of new enterprise creation in the informal sector, it asks and answers...
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What Makes Cities More Competitive? Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
, boost economic growth, and promote job creation. The authors examine the spatial location of entrepreneurs in India in … patterns are true for manufacturing and services. These relationships are much stronger in India than those found for the … United States. The authors also find strong evidence of agglomeration economies in India's manufacturing sector. This …
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Reverse Mortgages, Financial Inclusion, and Economic Development : Potential Benefit and Risks
Knaack, Peter - 2020
This paper examines the state of reverse mortgage markets in selected countries around the world and considers the potential benefits and risks of these products from a financial inclusion and economic benefit standpoint. Despite potentially increasing demand from aging societies -- combined...
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Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...
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Digital Trade in MENA : Regulatory Readiness Assessment
Daza Jaller, Lillyana Sophia - 2020
A strong regulatory framework can provide essential tools for remote transactions and improve trust in digital trade. Yet, regulations can also introduce restrictions that hamper the conditions for digital markets. Based on a database of 20 Middle East and North Africa countries and 20...
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Does the Internet Reduce Gender Gaps? : The Case of Jordan
Viollaz, Mariana - 2020
This article investigates the link between digital technologies and female labor market outcomes in a country with one of the largest gender disparities. It exploits the massive roll-out of mobile broadband technology in Jordan between 2010 and 2016 to identify the effect of internet adoption on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839572
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Incidence of the Digital Economy and Frictional Unemployment : International Evidence
Lederman, Daniel - 2020
This paper is the first to quantify the relationship between the incidence of the digital economy and long-term frictional unemployment across countries. The resulting evidence indicates that there is a robust, negative partial correlation between national unemployment rates and the incidence of...
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