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Low growth equilibria with low investment in human capital generally tend to persist till an external shock affects the economy. In this paper we use data on Christian missions to proxy a long-lasting educational shock in Africa. We estimate the effect of this shock on the quality of children...
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This study looked at the sustainability of the growth and development of business process outsourcing (BPO) in the … transcription, animation, and software development. Doubts about the sustainability of this hypergrowth situation are increasingly …
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On the basis of the UNDP data used to calculate the Human Development Index (HDI), the paper applies a methodology to … determine a different development index able to show disequilibria between the different aspects of development (in this case … income, life expectancy and education). The basic idea is that the concept of total substitutability between the variables …
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Using two dimensions of exogenous geographic variation in exposure to 1992 reforms that introduced seat quotas for women in local government in India, I find a one percentage-point increase in the school enrollment rate of young women for each additional year of exposure to women leaders. This...
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Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional … development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new … stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of …
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The links between the development of human potential and its various structures on one hand, and economic growth and … development, on the other hand, represent a concern of exceptional importance for contemporary economic theory. Concerning the …
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This paper investigates the "education-total factor productivity trade-off" in explaining per worker income differences …, we are able to study separately the dynamic of the average years of schooling (i.e. education level), the per worker … physical capital and education levels partially explain income differences between unlucky and lucky economies. We show …
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This paper investigates the \education-total factor productivity trade-o " in explaining per worker income dierences …, I am able to study separately the dynamic of the average years of schooling (i.e. education level), the per worker … capital, the per worker income, and the total factor productivity (TFP). I conrm that physical capital and education levels …
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Praktisch alle wirtschaftlich entwickelten Länder der Welt sind demokratisch. Sind demokratische Strukturen also kausal für wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand und Wachstum? Oder ist es vielmehr der wirtschaftliche Entwicklungsstand eines Landes, der eine Demokratie erst ermöglicht? Dieser Artikel...
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in children's education and nutritional quality. …
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