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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12692

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12779

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Rent-seeking and optimal fiscal-monetary policy rules in Nigeria: A DSGE approach 尼日利亚的寻租和最优财政货币政策规则：DSGE 方法

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12777

Oye Queen Esther, Adeiza Adams

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Household resilience to climate change in the “big three” African economies 非洲 "三大 "经济体家庭抵御气候变化的能力

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12776

Sulaiman A. Yusuf, Adeleke O. Salami, Olaide A. Akin-Olagunju, Temitayo A. Adeyemo, Emmanuel O. Dada

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Idiosyncratic covariates of unemployment duration in Ghana: The joint effect of migration and education 加纳失业持续时间的非同步协变量：移民和教育的共同影响

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12772

Clement Oteng, Isaac N. Nyame

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Technological integration and energy-efficiency innovation: The mediating effect of energy management evidence from Egypt 技术整合与能效创新：来自埃及的能源管理证据的中介效应

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12775

Khouloud Farza, Mohamed Gabsi, Sonia Moussa, Abdelwahed Omri

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The responsiveness of rural poverty to structural and rural transformations in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚农村贫困问题对结构和农村转型的反应

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12774

Kefyalew Endale, Getnet Alemu, Worku Gebeyehu

{"title":"The responsiveness of rural poverty to structural and rural transformations in Ethiopia","authors":"Kefyalew Endale, Getnet Alemu, Worku Gebeyehu","doi":"10.1111/1467-8268.12774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12774","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the effects of economic opportunities created by structural transformation, such as income from labor employment and income from nonlabor sources, on the incidence, depth, and severity of rural poverty using the 2018/2019 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey data. The effects of rural transformations in terms of nonfarm self-employment and improved farming systems on poverty are also investigated. Ordinary least square, Probit, Instrumental Variable Probit model, and two stage least square estimation methods are used depending on the nature of outcome variables and the Wald test of exogeneity. The findings show that labor income (especially regular salaried income) and nonlabor income (especially remittance from international sources) are crucial in reducing the incidence of rural poverty. Improvements in crop and livestock practices, on the other hand, reduce the incidence as well as depth and severity of rural poverty. The findings suggest that more attention should be given to enhancing the modernization of crop and livestock sectors by expanding access to farm credit and improved extension systems, among other things.","PeriodicalId":47363,"journal":{"name":"African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142324440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fiscal policy in the face of the health crisis: A simulation using a hybrid DSGE-SIR model 面对健康危机的财政政策：使用混合 DSGE-SIR 模型进行模拟

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12773

Hicham Ouakil, Abdelhamid Moustabchir, Houda Lechheb, Hicham EL Ouazzani

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Does fiscal decentralization improve people's access to health and education services in Cameroon? 财政权力下放是否改善了喀麦隆人民获得医疗和教育服务的机会？

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12770

Constant Fouopi Djiogap, Justin Romuald Amougou Manga, Simon Pierre Onana, Fabrice Ewolo Bitoto

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International remittances and labor supply in Nigeria: Do educational attainment and household income matter? 尼日利亚的国际汇款和劳动力供应：教育程度和家庭收入是否重要？

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African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12769

Usman Alhassan, Jean-Claude Maswana, Kazuo Inaba

{"title":"International remittances and labor supply in Nigeria: Do educational attainment and household income matter?","authors":"Usman Alhassan, Jean-Claude Maswana, Kazuo Inaba","doi":"10.1111/1467-8268.12769","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1467-8268.12769","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of remittances on the labor supply decisions of recipients remains a subject of contention. To contribute to the debate, we investigate how the educational attainment and household income of remittance recipients shape their decisions to work. Using data from the 2018–2019 living standard measurement survey for over 61,000 Nigerians and applying the instrumental variable probit and Tobit techniques, we find that remittances are associated with an occupational switch from agriculture to nonagricultural (paid jobs and nonfarm enterprises) works. Specifically, the results show that remittance recipients are more likely to exit or reduce the hours worked on the farm, regardless of educational attainment and household income status. On the other hand, remittances promote labor supply to paid jobs and nonfarm enterprises, especially among the less educated in Northern Nigeria. In terms of household income, the positive effect of remittances on nonfarm jobs only holds for individuals in the top income quartile, regardless of their region of residence. Our findings are robust to alternative estimation techniques and hold important cues for policymakers.","PeriodicalId":47363,"journal":{"name":"African Development Review-Revue Africaine De Developpement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8268.12769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141714666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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