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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens
Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015
saturation of the services sector. Moreover, productivity growth is weakening within more labour-intensive sectors. We conclude …
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Do minimum wages stimulate productivity and growth? : minimum wage increases fail to stimulate growth and can have a negative impact on vulnerable workers during recessions
Sabia, Joseph J. - 2015
Proponents of minimum wage increases have argued that such hikes can serve as an engine of economic growth and assist low-skilled individuals during downturns in the business cycle. However, a review of the literature provides little empirical support for these claims. Minimum wage increases...
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From products to capabilities : constructing a genotypic product space
Schetter, Ulrich; Diodato, Dario; Protzer, Eric; … - 2024
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Transforming the Philippine Economy : 'Walking on Two Legs'
Usui, Norio - 2011
low productivity growth due to slow industrialization, especially in manufacturing. The chronic problems of high …
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Stuck in the Middle? Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Botswana
McCaig, Brian - 2015
This paper decomposes Botswana's growth from the late 1960s through 2010 into a within-sector and a between-sector (structural change) component. We find that during the 70s and 80s Botswana's rapid economic growth was characterized by significant structural change with the share of the labor...
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Transforming the Philippine economy : "walking on two legs"
Usui, Norio - 2011
underinvestment? This paper argues that the Philippines poor growth performance is to be attributed to low productivity growth due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009127042
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Stuck in the Middle? Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Botswana
McCaig, Brian - 2015
This paper decomposes Botswana's growth from the late 1960s through 2010 into a within-sector and a between-sector (structural change) component. We find that during the 70s and 80s Botswana's rapid economic growth was characterized by significant structural change with the share of the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457639
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A Millennial View of Spain's Development : Essays in Economic History
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - 2024
Recurring in Preindustrial Economy -- Chapter 3. Capital Accumulation -- Chapter 4. Productivity Growth -- Chapter 5. Inequality … substantially over the last two centuries, driven by increased labor productivity, and derived from more intense andefficient use of …
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Why generating productive jobs is essential for reducing poverty in India : evidence from Indian regions
Gupta, Abhijit Sen; More, Vishal; Gupta, Kanupriya - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 61 (2018) 4, pp. 563-587
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Productive employment in Romania : a major challenge to the integration into the European Union
Herman, Emilia - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 42, pp. 335-350
can be a driving force in reducing gaps between countries (especially experienced by productivity and income) in order for … level of productive employment in Romania determined mainly by low labour productivity, low wages, high vulnerable … countries, as well as the existence of the highest in-work poverty risk in EU emphasizes the need to accelerate productivity …
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