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Digital technologies and "value" capture in global value chains: Empirical evidence from Indian manufacturing firms

Banga, Karishma - 2019

This paper examines whether digitalization can be a driver of "upgrading" in global value chains and help developing countries move into higher value-added activities. In particular, the paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of digital capabilities on product upgrading in Indian...

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Impact of sectoral allocation of foreign aid on gender equity and human development

Pickbourn, Lynda; Ndikumana, Léonce - 2013

are still lagging behind in important human development goals such as education, health, nutrition and access to clean …

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The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters

Qian, Nancy - 2017

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Gender bias in education during conflict: Evidence from Assam

Roy, Sutanuka - 2016

Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...

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Educational inequality in Mozambique

van der Berg, Servaas; da Maia, Carlos; Burger, Cobus - 2017

higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a … the woman opposes her partner’s violence, the higher her education and body mass index, among female children, and in …

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Firm-level human capital and innovation : evidence from China

Sun, Xiuli; Li, Haizheng; Ghosal, Vivek - 2017

include skilled human capital (number of highly educated workers), general manager’s education and tenure, and management team …'s education and age. We find that skilled human capital has a significant positive effect on firms' innovation, while the … role in firm innovation in metropolitan cities, while it is the General Manager's education that has a positive and …

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ICT adoption in micro and small firms : can internet access improve labor productivity?

Viollaz, Mariana - 2017

This paper analyzes the impact of internet adoption on labor productivity in Peruvian micro and small manufacturing firms over the period 2011-2013. Instrumental variables estimates show that internet adoption: (i) increases firms' labor productivity; (ii) reallocates employment away from...

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Doing business in a deals world: The doubly false premise of rules reform

Kar, Sabyasachi; Pritchett, Lant; Roy, Spandan; Sen, Kunal - 2019

The World Bank's Doing Business reports have evoked an intense policy debate about whether countries should simplify regulatory rules in order to stimulate investment and growth, or make them more stringent in order to achieve public policy objectives. Both sides of this debate, however, assume...

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Technological change, entry and stock market dynamics : an analysis of transition in a monopolistic economy

Datta, Bipasa; Dixon, Huw - 2002

This paper explores an equilibrium model for industry entry dynamics and technological change. We focus on the share valuation of firms in the transition as technology changes, and whether or not share prices are always increasing when technology improves. We find that there can be a U-shaped...

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The expansion of regional supermarket chains and implications for local suppliers: A comparison of findings from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2016

Since the early 2000s, there has been rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets in southern Africa. This paper is a synthesis of key findings of studies undertaken in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe on the expansion of supermarkets and the impact this has had on...

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