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consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level … rose for the interpretation of changes in the poverty profile. Four household surveys are used to show changes in both … that the rise in income was associated with modest falls in the head count and poverty gap measures of poverty but with …
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averages of welfare change are presented. In Ghana is has been argued that poverty fell based on a consumption measure of … changes in consumption in Ghana in the 1990s. It is argued that household consumption can act as an opportunity measure of …. Doing this for Ghana over the period of the 1990s reveals that while on average per capita consumption rose across all …
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consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level … rose for the interpretation of changes in the poverty profile. Four household surveys are used to show changes in both … that the rise in income was associated with modest falls in the head count and poverty gap measures of poverty but with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605176
consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level … rose for the interpretation of changes in the poverty profile.Four household surveys are used to show changes in both … that the rise in income was ssociated with modest falls in the head count and poverty gap measures of poverty but with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407717
purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269447
Using estimates of earnings functions in Ghana, this paper examines patterns of labor market segmentation with regard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287864
purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932439
Using estimates of earnings functions in Ghana, this paper examines patterns of labor market segmentation with regard …. -- dualism ; labor markets ; employment ; segmentation ; Ghana …
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outcomes in developing countries. We exploit a rich dataset from Ghana that provides information on demographics, labor market … individual behavior and outcomes. We find that, at least for the case of Ghana, after controlling for IQ and other covariates …
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purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complimentarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149509