Services Inputs And Firm Productivity In Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence From Firm-Level Data

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Mattoo, Aaditya; Narciso, Gaia

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4048

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“…Results reported in columns (5), (6) and (7) of Table 4 are positive significant and larger compared to our baseline results of Table 3. Unreported results, using a measure of Internet adoption for country-location-year level (as in Arnold et al, 2008, andDollar et al, 2006), are also positive significant.…”

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Has the Internet Fostered Inclusive Innovation in the Developing World?

2016

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Based on 50,013 firm observations covering 117 developing and emerging countries, this paper shows knowledge spillover effects from industries' use of the Internet boosted the average firm's productivity and innovation performance. We document that industries' "digitization" had heterogeneous impacts: results from quantile regressions indicate that the most productive firms benefited much more than others. Wider Internet adoption rates were also of larger benefit to singleplant establishments, non-exporters and firms in remote locations, particularly to the most productive among these firms. Overall, we document that the Internet can play an important role to support inclusive innovation, conditional on firms' "absorptive" capacities.

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Has the Internet Fostered Inclusive Innovation in the Developing World?

2016

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“…We also collect from the Enterprise Surveys information on …rm ownership, from which we create a dummy for foreign owned …rms, whether they export or not and whether they have experienced losses due to crime. 5 Tables 1 and 2 contain details about the …rm-level variables and descriptive statistics.…”

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The Effects of Public Spending Composition on Firm Productivity

Kneller

Misch

2013

SSRN Journal

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This paper exploits the unique institutional features of South Africa to estimate the impact of provincial public spending on …rm productivity. In contrast to existing microeconomic evidence, we explore the e¤ects of …scal expenditures and remove the e¤ects of revenue raising policies. Our identi…cation strategy is based on di¤erences in the e¤ects of public spending across …rms within the same industry and province. We show that public spending composition a¤ects productivity depending on the capital intensity of …rms, with less capital intensive …rms being particularly a¤ected. These e¤ects appear to be robust.JEL code: D24, H32, H72

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“…Enhanced infrastructure will foster the prospects of MSME viability and success. For example, the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria attributed the closure of 820 manufacturing companies in the country between 2000 and 2008 and of a further 834 in 2009 alone to the inflated costs of infrastructure [89,90]. Besides being critical to entrepreneurs, improved infrastructure will help make economies of African countries more competitive and attractive for foreign investment.…”

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Does Entrepreneurship Bolster Economic Expansion in Africa?

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J Socialomics

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Entrepreneurship, with its focus on opportunities, is often seen as one of the cornerstones of poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). One of the key objectives of modern economics is to determine factors that influence the economic development. This paper, therefore, seeks to discuss entrepreneurship as one of the factors that influence the economy of a nation, either directly or indirectly. It is a fact that entrepreneurship plays a significant part in shaping the landscape of a country's economy. Economists and policy makers recognize this fact. In fact, entrepreneurship is the engine of economic growth and it has come to be perceived as a catalytic agent for expansion and promotion of productive activities in every sphere of economic life all over the world. This research will focus on finding out how entrepreneurship influences the economy of sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of this paper is to show the significant effect of entrepreneur towards economic prosperity. The paper argues that entrepreneur is positively correlated to economic growth than foreign aid. The paper shows that entrepreneurship positively explains the variations in the growth of African countries. It is, thus, reasonable to contend that entrepreneurship in developing economies including Africa even if replicative is instrumental to unlocking economic growth, create employment and reduce poverty. The paper further examines some of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa and provide some policy recommendations.

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Services Inputs And Firm Productivity In Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence From Firm-Level Data

Cited by 48 publications

References 15 publications

Has the Internet Fostered Inclusive Innovation in the Developing World?

Has the Internet Fostered Inclusive Innovation in the Developing World?

The Effects of Public Spending Composition on Firm Productivity

Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Does Entrepreneurship Bolster Economic Expansion in Africa?

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