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Subsahara-Afrika als Zielregion außenwirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
Ivens, Sören; Kranzusch, Peter - 2018
Die Studie betrachtet die Wirtschaft der Staaten in Subsahara-Afrika, auf die nur 2 % des weltweiten … absatzbezogene Ziele in Afrika. …This study investigates the economies of the Sub-Saharan States in Africa, which account for only 2 % of the world GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985027
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Financial development, remittances and economic growth: A threshold analysis
Peprah, James Atta; Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asomani, Abel Nyarko - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1
Sources of economic growth in Ghana have not been clear. Several studies have contributed to the finance and growth literature with little attention on remittances and the joint effect of financial sector development and remittances. This paper uses macrodata to examine the linkages between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435773
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Foreign direct investment in emerging economies: Lessons from sub-Saharan Africa
Cotton, Linda; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2001
This paper analyses prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. The problems with regard to attracting FDI … small countries. FDI flows could be a lot higher in sub- Saharan Africa if governments implemented a proper set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279272
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Brainy Africans to fortress Europe: for money or colonial vestiges?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2009
by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269549
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Brainy Africans to fortress Europe: For money or colonial vestiges?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2009
by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271581
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time: the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George S.; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275920
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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293531
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Out of Africa: What drives the Pressure to emigrate?
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Groenewold, George; Schoorl, … - 2003
This paper evaluates the strength of social and economic forces that affect the pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa … out of Africa, especially in Ghana and Senegal. Signs of positive selection with respect to the level of education of … pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa' can be a long lasting phenomenon. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324871
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Global aging and fiscal policy with international labor mobility: a political economy perspective
Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. Migrant workers change the political structure composed of young and elderly voters in both labor-receiving and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269040
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Modelling International Economic Integration: Patterns of Catching-up, Foreign Direct Investment and Migration Flows
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2004
This paper develops a Schumpeterian model of international specialization and catching-up. In a previous version of the model we looked at the impact on international trade specialization when different patterns of technological catching-up are followed. One of these is a Gerschenkron pattern at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099856