Showing 1 - 10 of 3,103
Low growth equilibria with low investment in human capital generally tend to persist till an external shock affects the economy. In this paper we use data on Christian missions to proxy a long-lasting educational shock in Africa. We estimate the effect of this shock on the quality of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406713
conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794986
This paper reviews the literature on economic development from import substitution to export promotion. It then … examines the literature on entrepreneurship and economic development creating a framework for promoting development through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270609
There is some scepticism about Korea as role model of development as the Korean model involved a considerable degree of …'s catch-up development, arguing that the real lesson from Korea is not the role of government but the fact that it was able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273430
It is often claimed that entrepreneurship is indispensable for economic growth and development. These claims are mostly … generated by scholars working in the field of entrepreneurship and management studies. In contrast, development economics … scholars seem to be less concerned about entrepreneurship in the development process Who is right? I show that the arguments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273517
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278429
This paper aims towards better understanding the role of entrepreneurship in fragile states, which despite the practical interest and relevance has been somewhat disregarded in academic research. Given the necessity to support policy formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280212
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women … women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or … conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282336
-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe … effect on the process of development and contributed to the contemporary variation in the standard of living across countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284086
entire process of instructed development than to fullydeveloped organisms.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867749