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The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
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The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …
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Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of … unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends on the influence of human capital in the production function. In the …
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This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust …
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growth of African countries primarily due to the high prevalence of agriculture in these countries. But with avenues of … countries in the East African Community (EAC). Recently, the growth rate of the service sector has been impressive in the … sales growth, innovation and turnovers of service firms. The results show the factors that have contributed to the …
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policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account liberalization on growth, under the 'Mundell's trilemma constraint. The …
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We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require …
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Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … 2008 economic collapse and under the current multicurrency regime. While overvaluation hampers GDP growth, as well as … growth and employment in export sectors, we have not found that undervaluation would raise it. Replacing the multicurrency …
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The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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