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      A (time) series of unfortunate events: structural change, globalization, and the rise of occupational injuries
      A.V. Chari - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      There is a dearth of evidence on the evolution of occupational health in the developing world and on the extent to which it has been influenced by (1) the pattern of structural transformation in these economies and (2) integration with global markets. In this study, I compile a rich database on...
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      Exploring the network of individuals that influence the media’s inflation message in South Africa
      Katrien Smuts - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      The main goal of this study—and its potential to add to the policy debate—is to cast light on the network of voices that influence the narrative about inflation and monetary policy in South Africa. To that end, this paper first identifies the main individuals (journalists, domestic policy makers...
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      Taxation and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa
      Roel Dom, Oliver Morrissey, Abrams M.E. Tagem - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Taxation can contribute to state-building through a tax bargain in which taxpayers are willing to increase compliance in return for improved government accountability. There is limited evidence for this in sub-Saharan Africa where it is argued that the fiscal state is weak, with low tax revenues and...
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      The effect of wage subsidies on job retention in a developing country
      – Evidence from South Africa
      Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Wage subsidies served as a dominant labour market policy response around the world to mitigate job losses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, no causal evidence of their effects exists for developing countries. We use unique panel labour force survey data and exploit a temporary...
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      Structural change in the Mozambique economy between 2007 and 2019
      – A social accounting matrix approach
      Dirk van Seventer, Finn Tarp - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This study makes use of Mozambican social accounting matrices (SAMs) for the years 2007 and 2019, which we compare to uncover structural changes. Our findings reflect the significant short- and long-term challenges that Mozambican policy makers face. Broad-based dynamic change and structural...
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      Returns to education and wage inequality in Namibia
      – A gendered analysis
      Obrein Muine Samahiya, Ebenezer Lemven Wirba - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper estimates the returns to education and their implications for wage inequality using data from the 2015/16 Namibia Income and Expenditure Survey. The paper employs recentred influence function regression to analyse the impact of education across the wage distribution and uses a simulation...
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      ‘Ask not what your country can do for you’
      – Legacies of the Great Recession and the consequences of the ‘trust crisis’
      Alia Aghajanian, Rute Martins Caeiro, Eva-Maria Egger, Patricia Justino, Maria C. Lo Bue - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper investigates how persistent changes in trust caused by the Great Recession have affected how governments and citizens across Europe responded to the next global crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that increases in individualism and mistrust towards institutions caused by individual...
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      Aid’s impact on social protection in low- and middle-income countries
      Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Alma Santillán Hernández - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This study conducts an international comparative analysis of the recent evolution of social protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, paying particular attention to the role of foreign aid in these dynamics. It asks: Has...
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      Understanding inequality and its evolution in Kenya
      – The contribution of the UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database initiative
      Damiano Kulundu Manda, Germano Mwabu, Martine Oleche, Moses Kinyanjui Muriithi - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Globally, there are several initiatives being undertaken to ensure the availability of information across countries that can be used to analyse the inequality phenomenon in and among countries. The data are easily accessible for use in comparative research on inequality across regions and countries...
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      Framing the change: analysing employment change, (in)adequacy, and (de)feminization in Cameroon's tertiary firms
      Yselle Malah Kuete - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Cameroon is an example of a developing country where the transition from agriculture to services has defied standard patterns seen in developed countries. While prior research has explored this shift’s impact on economic growth, its effects on women’s representation in the labour market have been...
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      Empowering youth: the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy in Ecuador
      Kamila Aguirre, Vanessa D. Carrión-Yaguana - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper analyses the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy rates in Ecuador, specifically examining its implementation in schools. The inclusion of sex education as a mandatory cross-cutting theme in the updated and strengthened educational curriculum of 2010 provides a...
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      Time-varying fiscal multipliers for South Africa
      – A large time-varying parameter vector autoregression approach
      Gideon du Rand, Hylton Hollander, Dawie van Lill - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      A critical requirement for efficient fiscal policy is a reliable understanding of its impact on the aggregate economy for different policy instruments and under different economic conditions. Indeed, there is strong evidence to suggest that fiscal multipliers vary with economic conditions, the...
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      Unravelling aid funding
      – Linking funding allocation patterns and localization in Sierra Leone
      Swetha Ramachandran - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Development assistance funding by international donors is rarely channelled to/through local actors. While there are strong normative and practical arguments for localizing funding, progress has been piecemeal as donors are largely left to their own devices to decide how, when, where, and how much...
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      Impact of trade and structural change on the sub-Saharan African economies
      Paul I. Ko, Ryo Makioka, Karim Nchare - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Sub-Saharan African economies have experienced accelerated economic growth in the past two decades. In this paper we study the impact of trade-induced structural change on employment and value-added shares in sub-Saharan African economies. We find that sub-Saharan African economies have increasingly...
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      Aiding education? The effect of international aid on local educational enrolment in Nigeria
      Roos Haer, Gudrun Østby - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Education is associated with a range of positive micro and macro effects. It is hence no surprise that donors have recently increased the amount of official development aid specifically focused on restoring and maintaining education in less-developed states. While much attention has been paid to the...
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      Investigating inequality trends in Africa
      – ACEIR research and the WIID
      Martin Wittenberg, Murray Leibbrandt - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Work done by the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) has documented the many-faceted nature of inequality in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Conventionally measured inequality ranges from moderate (in Ghana) to extremely high (in South Africa). Trying to tell one coherent...
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