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Determinants of health professionals' migration in Africa : a WHO based assessment

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013

Abstract Purpose - How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the...

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The impact of health worker migration on development dynamics : evidence of wealth-effects from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and economic prosperity (at macro and micro levels) in Africa. Owing to lack of relevant data on Health Human Resource (HHR) migration for the continent, the subject matter has remained...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410040

Globalization and health worker crisis : what do wealth-effects tell us?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals are reaching...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410067

Determinants of health professionals' migration in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410241

How would population growth affect investment in the future? : asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410548

The effect of intelligence on financial development : a cross-country comparison

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from 2000-2010. Human capital is measured in terms of IQ, cognitive ability & cognitive skills, while financial development is appreciated both from financial intermediary and stock...

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Intelligence and slave export intensity : a cross-country empirical assessment

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015

The literature has not sufficiently engaged the emergence and expansion of the phenomenon of Slave export. This article contributes to the existing stream by examining the role of human capital or intelligence on slave exports. We postulate and justify a reasonable hypothesis that countries...

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Genetic distance and cognitive human capital : a cross-national investigation

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...

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Inequality, poverty and quality of institutions: which freedom channels of globalization matter for Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 1, pp. 24-31

which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure …) political liberalization has a disequalizing effect and; (3) economic freedom has a positive (negative) effect on inequality … some channels of globalization on poverty (and inequality), formal institutions have the capacity to device policies that …

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How do institutions matter in the income-equalizing effect of mobile phone penetration?

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 2, pp. 56-61

The object of this paper is to complement theoretical ‘mobile penetration’ literature with empirical evidence in a dual manner: on the one hand, assess the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and; on the other hand, the instrumentality of good governance in this nexus....

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