This paper examines the impact of various determinants on female labor force participation in developing countries. Based on data from the World Values Survey (2008) and the United Nations’ 2011 Human Development Report and a sample of twenty-one developing economies we find that the female...

This paper examines the impact of investment climate indicators on gross capital formation in developing countries. Based on data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys for a sample of thirty-six developing countries, we find that corruption constraint as measured by the share of senior...

This paper examines the effect of income distribution on growth in developing countries. Based on data from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, we use a sample of twenty-eight developing economies and find that income distribution does not affect growth in these...

This paper examines the effect of income distribution on growth in developing countries. Based on data from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, we use a sample of twenty-eight developing economies and find that income distribution does not affect growth in these...

This paper investigates the impact of health on the extent of poverty and on economic development in developing countries. Based on data from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme and using a sample of seventy-nine developing economies, we find that the fraction of the...