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Linkages and Rural Non-Farm Employment Creation: Changing Challenges and Policies in Indonesia
Kristiansen, Stein - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
Increasing problems of rural unemployment in Indonesia are at the core of this report. Numbers of unemployed increased dramatically after the 1997 economic crisis and millions of people searched to be reabsorbed in rural labour markets. Agricultural land is scarce, however, and entry barriers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818731
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Unlocking inclusive growth : the nexus of digitalization, formalization, and global value chains
Upalat Korwatanasakul - 2024
This study explores the nexus of digitalization, formalization, and global value chain (GVC) participation, providing … digitalization on enterprise formalization and GVC participation have been inferred without sufficient empirical support, while few … studies have examined the reciprocal impact of formalization on GVC participation. Utilizing probit and tobit estimations with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565116
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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU : to what extent spatial spillovers matter?
Özyurt, Selin; Dées, Stéphane - 2015
This paper investigates the main determinants of economic growth in the European Union from a regional perspective. The analysis is based on a recently available dataset from the European Cluster Observatory covering 253 European regions over the period 2002-2008. In addition to the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483641
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Deep economic integration and state capacity : a mechanism for avoiding the middle-income trap?
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
Exiting the middle-income trap entails costly improvements in state capacity. That deep economic integration induces powerful actors to support increasing state capacities remain underresearched. Here we ask: Under what conditions can deep economic integration yield increases in state capacity?...
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Looking for PeripheRurality
Camaioni, Beatrice; Esposti, Roberto; Lobianco, Antonello; … - 2013
Rural areas still play a major role within the EU, as Europe is still a fairly rural continent. Moreover, EU rural areas are going through greater challenges and major transformations. After the Eastern enlargements of the EU (in 2004 and 2007), they are getting more and more heterogeneous, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426659
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Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico
Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - 2010
This paper discusses the problems facing the Mexican economy. It operates under a heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of...
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Economic growth and poverty : does formalisation of informal enterprises matter?
Ishengoma, Esther; Kappel, Robert - 2006
The informal sector (IS) plays a significant role in developing countries viz. the provision of employment, income and supplying ignored markets. However, working and employment conditions within the sector are still poor. Its expansion and changing structures have thus drawn the attention of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905233
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Informality and long-run growth
Docquier, Frédéric; Müller, Tobias; Naval, Joaquín - 2014
One of the most salient features of developing economies is the existence of a large informal sector. This paper uses quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor and long-run growth. Our model can generate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230511
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Firms, informality and development : theory and evidence from Brazil
Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2014
This paper develops and estimates an equilibrium model where heterogeneous firms can exploit two margins of informality: (i) not register their business, the extensive margin; and (ii) hire workers "off the books", the intensive margin. The model encompasses the main competing frameworks for...
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Income Distribution and Structural Transformation : Empirical Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Dastidar, Ananya - 2012
The process of structural transformation forms the very basis of economic growth and development. This paper analyses the implications of alternate patterns of structural change for changes in the overall distribution of income within an economy. An empirical analysis is carried out based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109242