The impact of education and mismatch on wages: Germany, 1984-2000 (2002)
Muysken, Joan, Rieder, Hannah, Hoppe, Mombert
In analysing the impact of education on wage differentials and wage growth, we use next to personal characteristics (e. g. education and experience) also job characteristics (e. g. skills required)...
Education Attainment in Brazil: The Experience of FUNDEF
For many years, Brazil lagged behind other middle-income countries in terms of school enrolment rates. But since 1998 policies have aimed at bridging this gap, in particular, with the implementation...
Technology Transfer Through Trade
This paper examines the role that trade plays in economic development through the channel of technology transfer, approximated by total factor productivity. Three strains of factors influence the...
The African Growth and Opportunity Act, exports, and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is the flagship of U.S. commercial and development policy with Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper looks at the impact of the trade preferences that are the...
Clothing and export diversification : still a route to growth for low-income countries ?
Can the clothing sector be a driver of export diversification and growth for today's low-income countries as it was in the past for countries that have graduated into middle income? This paper...
The Impact of education and mismatch on wages: Germany, 1984-2000
Muysken,Joan, Hoppe,Mombert, Rieder,Hannah
In analysing the impact of education on wage differentials and wage growth, we use next to personal characteristics (e. g. education and experience) also jobcharacteristics (e. g. skills required) to...
Economic partnership agreements and the export competitiveness of Africa
Brenton, Paul, Hoppe, Mombert, Newfarmer, Richard
Trade can be a key driver of growth for African countries, as it has been for those countries, particularly in East Asia, that have experienced high and sustained rates of growth. Economic...