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physical capital to study the interaction of international capital flows and growth. Analytically, we study conditions under … long-term growth via the accumulation of human capital. Our mechanism shows how a small initial difference in the level of …
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(FDI) and economic growth in 46 African countries between 2002 and 2018. Based on panel data modelling, the empirical … findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote economic growth in Africa; however, we observe that human capital and … institutional quality play a supportive role in enhancing the positive spillover effect of FDI on economic growth in upper …
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This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
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growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study applies the panel ARDL model to data from 18 SSA countries spanning 2000 … reveal that the long-term effect of education on economic growth is statistically insignificant, attributing this finding to … institutional quality, showing the positive effects of education on economic growth when countries demonstrate robust corruption …
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We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
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We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
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We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739171
This paper summarizes the findings of a research program aimed at outlining the importance to the firm growth process …, longitudinal databases have provided a rich set of studies on entry, exit, mergers and other aspects of dynamics related to growth … and decline in firm populations. These studies have shown the pervasiveness of growth and decline in the firm population …
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experienced less change in substance. We examine some determinants of growth in Egypt since the mid-1980s using insights from both … in government consumption, credit to the private sector and the average growth rate of OECD countries have been … significant determinants of growth in Egypt in the past. We also present evidence that suggests that inefficiency of financial …
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