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Women in Power and Power of Women: the Liberian Experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390919
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Women in power and power of women : the Liberian experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408493
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The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390880
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The effects of remittances on output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa : a production function approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409201
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Conditional determinants of mobile phones penetration and mobile banking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
, business/bank, market-related, knowledge economy, external flows and human development. The empirical evidence is based on … development, especially in the contemporary specifications. Fourth, mobile banking is positively linked with: (i) trade in …) internet penetration and human development, with contemporary threshold evidence. The policy implications are articulated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407897
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Gender inclusive intermediary education, financial stability and female employment in the industry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nounamo, Yann; Njangang, Henri; … - In: Finance research letters 43 (2021), pp. 1-6
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632412
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Determinants of Health Professionals' Migration in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390789
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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/10011390808
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The Impact of Liberalisation Policies on Inequality in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Batuo, Michael E. - 2012
Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using updated panel data of 26 African countries spanning the period 1996-2010, this study examines the effect of liberalisation policies with particular focus on financial, trade,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390816
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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 …) human development (GDP per capita growth) in low (high) quantiles of the distribution. (3) Specific differences in effects … are found in top quantiles of human development and low quantiles of GDP per capita growth where, the physician (nurse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390819