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Worker flows and the impact of labour transitions on earnings in Uganda

Kavuma, Susan Namirembe; Morrissey, Oliver; Upward, Richard - 2015

The paper examines the flow of workers between employment states, the role of education in these transitions and the impact of the transitions on earnings. It uses panel data for three waves (2005/06, 2009/10 and 2010/11) of household surveys in Uganda. Using the Markov chain process, we...

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Vertical and horizontal decentralization and ethnic diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

Ranis, Gustav - 2012

Vertical decentralization, either at the deconcentration, delegation or, more rarely, the devolution level, has been instituted in most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. It usually has the effect of increasing the quantity as well as the quality, in terms of health and education, of public goods....

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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service : evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012

This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered probit, generalized ordered probit and pseudo panel...

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Institutional reforms, private sector, and economic growth in Africa

Okey, Mawussé Komlagan Nézan - 2011

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies. We study the impact of positive changes in business environment indicators of the Doing Business project and the Economic Freedom Index of the Heritage Foundation on the private sector...

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Beyond dualism : multisegmented labor markets in Ghana

Heintz, James (contributor); Slonimczyk, Fabian (contributor) - 2007

Using estimates of earnings functions in Ghana, this paper examines patterns of labor market segmentation with regard to formal and informal employment. Persistent earnings differentials are used as indicators of limited mobility across segments of the employed labor force. We find evidence of...

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Women in power and power of women : the Liberian experience

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...

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New financial development indicators : with a critical contribution to inequality empirics

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013

The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...

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Liberalization and financial sector competition: a critical contribution to the empirics with an African assessment

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013

This paper investigates how financial, trade, institutional and political liberalization policies have affected financial sector competition in Africa using updated data to appraise second generation reforms. The 'freedom to trade' and 'economic freedom' indices are employed. Hitherto,...

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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013

In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...

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Fighting African conflicts and crimes : which governance tools matter?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

is as follows: regulation quality, government effectiveness, political stability, rule of law and corruption-control. (3 …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …

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