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This study offers fresh insights on and investigates the effects of corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow from 1995 to 2009 in 16 Asian economies. The empirical result suggests that a 1 percent increase in corruption level triggers an approximately 9.1 percentage point decrease in...
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This chapter uses data from the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys (VLSS) to describe patterns of money transfers between households. Rapid economic growth during the 1990's did little to diminish the importance of private transfers in Vietnam. Private transfers are large and...
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in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …
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There is a growing literature studying the effects of economic freedom and democracy on income inequality; nevertheless … democracy is estimated. The findings demonstrate that economic freedom has positive effect on income inequality. The estimated …
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. As a result, Government expenditures on education fail to enhance optimal growth of human capital. …
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This study aims to bridge the gap in the existing literature by examining the impact of prevailing traditional slavery institutions and democratization processes on human capital development. In our pursuit, we conducted a residential survey in Sumba Island, Indonesia. Notably, despite...
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failures. Policy makers should improve access to and quality of health, education, and other social services. This means better …
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This paper examines the individual effects of primary, secondary and higher education on income distribution, using … different measures of investment rates in education: enrollment rates, public expenditures and public expenditures per student …, in each education stage. The panel data method is utilized in estimating the effects of different stages and measures of …
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This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the effect of economic and political inequality on institutions. The current understanding suggests that unequal societies develop exploitative and inefficient institutions. Empirical research - which is scant, and has mainly...
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The paper focuses on the expenditure on education as determinant on economic growth. The study examine the relationship … between education and economic growth in total number of states as a whole , Non special category states, special category … education and Expenditure on education as a percentage of aggregate expenditure. The result of the study shows that expenditure …
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