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dc.contributor.authorHaouas, Ilhamen
dc.contributor.authorYagoubi, Mahmouden
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:16:33Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:16:33Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20760-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capitalon the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either humancapital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countriesspanning the 1965 -2000 period. Controlling for fixed effects as well as endogeneity, theresults show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect,significant at the ten per cent level, of the level of human capital on the level of income but noeffect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred estimator combines high and lowfrequency differences of the data. We discuss reasons why this estimator is well suited forempirical analysis of economic growth.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1461en
dc.subject.jelF43en
dc.subject.jelO53en
dc.subject.jelO11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordproductivityen
dc.subject.keywordopennessen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordgrowthen
dc.subject.keywordpanel dataen
dc.subject.keywordMENA countriesen
dc.subject.stwProduktivitäten
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen
dc.subject.stwPolitik der offenen Türen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwMENA-Staatenen
dc.subject.stwMittlerer Ostenen
dc.subject.stwNordafrikaen
dc.titleOpenness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth : An Empirical Investigation from the MENA Countries-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn478349041en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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