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Educational inputs and economic development in end-of-nineteenth-century Prussia
Schüler, Ruth M. - 2016
Which role did educational investments play for economic development? Using data on schooling quantity and quality provided by the first and second Prussian census on primary schools and two measures capturing the high and the low end of the income distribution allows applying a value-added...
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The effectiveness of aid under post-conflict conditions : a sector-specific analysis
Donaubauer, Julian; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016
It is widely believed that foreign aid may help conflict-affected countries to recover after the settlement of conflicts. However, the available empirical evidence supporting this view largely neglects the heterogeneous nature of aid. Drawing on the conflict database of the Uppsala Conflict Data...
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Foreign aid and subnational development : a grid cell analysis
Bitzer, Jürgen; Gören, Erkan - 2018 - This Version: March 2018
We examine the impact of geo-referenced World Bank development programs on subnational development using equally sized grid cells with a spatial resolution of 0.5 decimal degrees latitude x longitude as the unit of investigation. The proposed grid cell approach solves a number of endogeneity...
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Desenvolvimentismo versus liberalismo econômico no período populista e o gasto público social
Pires, Julio Manuel - In: Revista Economia e Sociedade 41 (2010) 12, pp. 28-28
Developmentalism versus economic liberalism in the populist period and social public expenditure - This article aims to investigate social public expenditure during the populist period (1930-1964) by carrying out a comparative analysis of the 'authoritarian' and 'democratic' ages. In addition,...
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Education and Development or Emigration and Remittances : The Cape Verdean Dilemma
Werema, Gilbert - 2013
Cape Verde is a country prone to droughts with few natural resources and a significant emigration rate. However, the nation is known for its stable political and economic environment. This case study will address several questions. Should Cape Verde continue to develop educational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039409
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Literacy, Education and Economic Development in Contemporary China
Yeoh 楊又興, Emile Kok-Kheng; Chu, Kah-Mun - 2013
, secondary school enrolment, university and college enrolment and the education length were chosen based on empirical studies …-named variables and the economic development as well as the effect of structural changes on the education system, and that literacy is …
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Foreign aid, education and lifelong learning in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
This study investigates the effect of foreign aid on education and lifelong learning in 53 African countries for the … period 1996-2010. Three main issues are assessed, notably: (i) the effect of aid on education; (ii) the incremental impact of … aid on education and (iii) the effect of aid on lifelong learning. Lifelong learning is measured as the combined knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410635
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Race V. Suffrage : The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119252
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Race v. suffrage : the determinants of development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force … driving the above outcomes. -- race ; institutions ; development ; inequality ; education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427294
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Aid, Policies and Growth: A Non-Canonical Alternative for solving This Puzzle.
Fuentes, Raúl - 2005
This paper presents a two-sector small semi-open economy Ramsey growth model involving foreign aid as an input in the production function. An activist government allocates this input endogenously across sectors and optimizes policies in a non-standard way. Once calibrated, mainly on countries...
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