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Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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About: Kiel Institute for the World Economy is a facility organization based out in Kiel, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Foreign direct investment & Productivity. The organization has 318 authors who have published 1909 publications receiving 42832 citations. The organization is also known as: Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel.
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TL;DR: This paper assess the effect of income inequality on life expectancy by performing separate estimations for developed and developing countries, finding that income inequality slightly increases life expectancy in developed countries and significantly negative in developing countries.
Abstract: We assess the effect of income inequality on life expectancy by performing separate estimations for developed and developing countries. Our empirical analysis challenges the widely held view that inequality matters more for health in richer countries than for health in poorer countries. Employing panel cointegration and conventional panel regressions, we find that income inequality slightly increases life expectancy in developed countries. By contrast, the effect on life expectancy is significantly negative in developing countries. Even though the quantitative effects are small, the contrast between the two country groups proves to be robust to modifications in measurement, specification and methodological choices.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a survey for more than 100 countries to examine whether firms' female managers or female owners were better at bringing innovations to the market than males, and found that female owners rather than female managers were more likely to introduce innovations.
Abstract: This paper uses firm-level survey for more than 100 countries to examine whether firms’ female managers or female owners were better at bringing innovations to the market than males. In contrast to most of the literature that focuses on the performance of female managers/owners, this paper addresses conduct with regard to innovation. Results show that female owners, rather than female managers, were more likely to introduce innovations. Further, R&D performing firms introduced innovations, as did larger and older firms. The presence of an informal sector and finance availability constraints actually spurred innovation introductions, with economic prosperity leading to complacency in innovation introductions.
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TL;DR: In this article, the backward and forward linkages of these enterprises to the formal sector were examined and a Probit approach was employed to identify major factors associated with the observed backward linkages, which corroborates the importance of the degree of informality for the existence of linkages and shows various enterprise characteristics to be significant determinants.
Abstract: Employing a unique dataset that covers almost 6000 informal enterprises from six West African urban centers, this paper examines the backward and forward linkages of these enterprises to the formal sector. Authors first provide a descriptive analysis of the existing formal-informal linkages. It turns out that formal backward linkages are much more prevalent than formal forward linkages, and that linkages vary with the degree of informality, occurring less frequently if firms have no ties to the formal sector at all or low capital stocks. In the second step, authors employ a Probit approach to identify major factors associated with the observed backward linkages. The Probit analysis corroborates the importance of the degree of informality for the existence of linkages and shows various enterprise characteristics to be significant determinants as well. Finally, authors analyze whether backward linkages matter for enterprise performance using both Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and four estimations. Authors find a positive and robust impact of backward linkages, whereas the degree of informality of the enterprises in our sample seems to affect firm performance only indirectly through their linkages to the formal sector.
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TL;DR: The authors describes the role narratives play in decision making, as it also juxtaposes this description against the backdrop of the Bolshevik-spawned narrative that played a critical role in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century.
Abstract: Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities; defining power relations; and establishing and conveying social norms. This paper describes the role narratives play in decision making, as it also juxtaposes this description against the backdrop of the Bolshevik-spawned narrative that played a critical role in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century.
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TL;DR: The authors examines empirically the proposition that aid to poor countries is detrimental for external competitiveness, giving rise to Dutch disease type effects, and concludes that aid is detrimental at the aggregate level.
Abstract: This article examines empirically the proposition that aid to poor countries is detrimental for external competitiveness, giving rise to Dutch disease type effects. At the aggregate level, aid is f...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Richard S.J. Tol | 116 | 695 | 48587 |
Axel Dreher | 78 | 350 | 20081 |
Holger Görg | 67 | 367 | 17161 |
J. Edward Taylor | 50 | 210 | 13967 |
Thomas Lux | 49 | 194 | 11041 |
Dennis J. Snower | 47 | 311 | 9689 |
Xinshen Diao | 46 | 251 | 6568 |
Gabriel Felbermayr | 45 | 272 | 6586 |
Peter Nunnenkamp | 42 | 250 | 5711 |
Ansgar Belke | 42 | 536 | 7383 |
Awudu Abdulai | 41 | 156 | 6555 |
Katrin Rehdanz | 40 | 161 | 6453 |
Martin F. Quaas | 39 | 189 | 5628 |
Michael Hübler | 36 | 194 | 4051 |
Mario Larch | 34 | 146 | 4040 |