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The role of governance in quality education in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
This paper examines the governance-"education quality" nexus in a panel of 49 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regression (QR) are employed as estimation strategies. The following findings are established. First, from the OLS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301777
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and entrepreneurship: Evidence from 125 countries
Omang, Messono O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
Purpose -This investigates the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of entrepreneurship, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560462
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and entrepreneurship: The role of institutions in 125 countries
Messono, Omang O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the epidemiological origin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872981
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and entrepreneurship : the role of institutions in 125 countries
Messono, Omang O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the epidemiological origin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799894
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and entrepreneurship : evidence from 125 countries
Omang, Messono O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
Purpose -This investigates the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of entrepreneurship, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014555643
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Historical Prevalence of Infectious Diseases and Entrepreneurship : The Role of Institutions in 125 Countries
Messono, Omand; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the epidemiological origin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013299475
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and gender equality in 122 countries
Messono, Omang Ombolo; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary gender equality … reduces contemporary gender equality. Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) in a cross … gender equality both directly and indirectly. The strongest indirect effects occur through innovation output. Gender equality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193681
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Addressing the educational crisis in Cameroon : policy syndromes, arguments, views, theory and agenda
Achuo, Elvis D.; Asongu, Simplice; Dinga, Gildas D. - 2022
This study pursues two main objectives. Firstly, we sought to unravel the key factors at the origin of the educational crisis in Cameroon. Second, we sought to identify the major causes of the mismatch between educational attainment and the job market. The study reveals the educational sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468205
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Women empowerment and environmental sustainability in Africa
Achuo, Elvis Dze; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the 1996-2019 period. Results of the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator reveal that women's socioeconomic empowerment is environment enhancing. Moreover, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330043
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Women empowerment and environmental sustainability in Africa
Achuo, Elvis Dze; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the 1996-2019 period. Results of the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator reveal that women's socioeconomic empowerment is environment enhancing. Moreover, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817915