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The Effect of Climate Change and Adaptation Policy on Agricultural Production in Eastern Africa
Kahsay, Goytom Abraha; Hansen, Lars Gårn - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2014
We estimate the production function for agricultural output in Eastern Africa incorporating climate variables disaggregated into growing and non-growing seasons. We find a substantial negative effect of within growing season variance of precipitation. We simulate predicted climate change for the...
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Weather and Income: Lessons from the main European regions
García-León, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Some recent papers by Dell et al. (2009) and Dell et al. (2012) (DJO) relating weather and economic outcomes, have … countries, leaving rich countries basically unaffected. In this study, we make use of a detailed weather and economic dataset … regions to a climate shock is partially adapted in the long-run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130323
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Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003
This paper is the first of its kind to study quality of life responses of crime victims. Using cross-sectional data …-victims, ceteris paribus. Happiness is lower for nonvictimized respondents currently living in higher crime areas. However, we find a … strong evidence for females that criminal victimization hurts, but hurts less if the crime rate on our reference group is …
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The effects of technology-as-knowledge on the economic performance of developing countries: An econometric analysis using annual publications data for Botswana, Namibia, and South...
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Extant literature indicates that technology, and by implication its underlying knowledge base, determines long-run economic performance. Absent from the literature with respect to developing countries are quantitative assessments of the nexus between technology as knowledge and economic...
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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?
Agbor, Julius A.; Price, Gregory N. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively affects later stage mental and physical health, it can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper considers the impact of famine on aggregate adolescent...
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Exchange rates and foreign direct investment: evidence for sub-saharan Africa
Suliman, Adil; Elmawazini, Khaled; Shariff, Mohammed … - In: Journal of Developing Areas 49 (2015) 2, pp. 204-226
This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the real exchange rate for low-income countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, using a panel data approach and Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method. The results show that while the depreciation of the real exchange rate...
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The nexus between FDI and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Sub Saharan Africa
Senbeta, Sisay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this study we construct an alternative analytical framework aimed at investigating the nexus between FDI inflow and productivity growth within the externalities type endogenous growth theory. The competitive equilibrium of our model indicates that a technological spillover from FDI has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025320
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Remittances and the Dutch disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Dynamic Panel Approach
Kemegue, Francis M.; Eyden, Reneé van; Owusu-Sekyere, … - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2011
This paper investigates the effect of remittance inflows on the real exchange rate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using annual data from 1980 to 2008 for 34 SSA countries, generalised method of moments by Arellano and Bover (1995) andfeasible generalised least squares by Parks (1967) and Kmenta...
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Globalization and Technology Transfer in Ethiopia: Their Impact on Domestic Employment and Skills
Haile, Getinet; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2014
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010768949
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562