This paper examines the empirical relationships between exports growth and economic performance for western Africa countries using a non-linear Markov Switching VAR model in contrast with previous linear time series studies. We could not find causality from exports to GDP and vice versa in...

This paper attemps to explore the interplay between trade and secondary educational attainment by exploiting Chinese data of from 31 provinces from 1998 to 2015. The findings of this paper suggest that export expansion has significantly negative consequences for the high school enrollment rate,...

Export-led growth strategy has been demonstrated to be a viable path for economic development as evidenced by the East Asian “miracle.” But what is the influence of such viability on educational attainment? This paper attempts to answer this critical question by exploiting Chinese data of...

This paper attemps to explore the interplay between trade and secondary educational attainment by exploiting Chinese data of from 31 provinces from 1998 to 2015. The findings of this paper suggest that export expansion has significantly negative consequences for the high school enrollment rate,...