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Gender wage gap in selected developing upper-middle income countries
Maryam AlmasifardThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gender wage gap, productivity level of labor force and international trade for a sample of 13 developing…
Consumer expenditure inequality in India: a source decomposition analysis
Jayanta Sen, Debarati DasThis paper aims to deal with a closer look into the nature and extent of consumer expenditure inequality in India to identify the major contributions those are embedded…
International competitiveness and ex-ante treatment effects of CPEC on household welfare in Pakistan
Lubna Naz, Adeel Ali, Ambreen FatimaThis paper aims to presents one of the first direct micro-econometric impact of competitive industries (based on revealed comparative advantage [RCA] between Pakistan and China…
Vulnerable employment in Mauritius: experience of an upper-middle-income country
Suneila Gokhool, Harshana Kasseeah, Verena Tandrayen-RagooburThe purpose of this paper is to shed light on the socio-economic characteristics of workers engaged in vulnerable jobs in Mauritius. The study has a particular focus on the gender…
Skill drain from ASEAN countries: can sending countries afford?
AKM Ahsan UllahMigration of skilled workers to other countries remains a highly contentious issue. Skill drain does not take place based on skill surplus and deficient equation. Skilled migrants…
Health investments and economic growth: a quantile regression approach
Francisca Rosendo Silva, Marta Simões, João Sousa AndradeThis study aims to analyse the relationship between health human capital and economic growth for a maximum sample of 92 countries over the period 1980-2010 taking into account…
The dynamics of inflation, exchange rates and the trade balance in a small economy: The case of Uganda
Zelealem Yiheyis, Jacob MusilaThe purpose of this study is to examine the temporal relationships between inflation and exchange rate changes and their implications for the trade balance in Uganda, which saw…
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- Dr Dilip Dutta