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, limited efforts have been made to examine the households' demand side. Thus, this study contributes to the extant literature … by investigating the demand side of ICT access by households. It also examines the socioeconomic characteristics that … affect the households' access and usage of ICTs, which create a somewhat digital divide between 'ICT have' and 'have not' in …
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This paper measures the impact of attracting tradable jobs on nontradable jobs at the local level in sub-Saharan countries. Applying the local multiplier approach to 10 medium and low-income countries disaggregated into 1441 administrative entities, we show that the multipliers are 3 to 5 times...
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Spanish Abstract: Este documento presenta evidencia sobre los determinantes del crecimiento económico de los sectores mas relevantes en Colombia para el periodo 2005-2015. Se emplea una metodología de análisis de descomposición estructural la cual permite explicar los cambios en los niveles...
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in different sub-samples to capture varying responses to energy price changes by households living in rural, intermediate …
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The article focuses on the consumption of goods used by consumers of different generations from 3 different countries: Albania, Polish and Portugal. The aim of the analysis was to identify respondents' indications concerning: (1) knowledge of the definition of the circular economy, (2) declared...
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insurances, as is largely done in the literature. In contrast to previous research, it is assumed that households’ choice for any … demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana …. On the one hand, the estimation results confirm the common finding that poorer households are less likely to participate …
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The paper studies the multidimensional aspects of poverty and living conditions in Ghana. The aim is to fill the vacuum …-set theoretic framework to compare levels of deprivation in Ghana over time usig micro data from the last two rounds of the Ghana … scarcely changed in Ghana. In fact, it even rose slightly during the nineties, contrary to the uni-dimensional analytical GLSS …
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insurances, as is largely done in the literature. In contrast to previous research, it is assumed that households' choice for any … demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana …. On the one hand, the estimation results confirm the common finding that poorer households are less likely to participate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293517
insurances, as is largely done in the literature. In contrast to previous research, it is assumed that households' choice for any … demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana …. On the one hand, the estimation results confirm the common finding that poorer households are less likely to participate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908703
Organizational and managerial structure plays an important role in the productivity difference among firms. However, studies that assessed the quality of firm management and its link with their performance are still scanty. This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between...
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