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Decolonization and Economic Growth: The Case of Africa
Kevin Sylwester 중앙대학교 경제연구소 2005 Journal of Economic Development Vol.30 No.2
This paper examines growth rates of real GDP per capita during decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa. For each period considered, I divide the sample between those countries that gained independence during the period and those that either remained colonies or were already independent. These newly independent countries grew slower than the control group. However, a more refined categorization shows that decolonizers grew slower than those that received their independence previously but did not grow slower than those that remained colonies. Thus, whether or not one perceives a cost of decolonization depends on what one uses as the control group.
THE EFFECT OF REMITTANCES UPON SKILLED EMIGRATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
DAMBAR UPRETY,KEVIN SYLWESTER 중앙대학교 경제연구소 2017 Journal of Economic Development Vol.42 No.2
This paper empirically examines whether remittance inflows affect emigration. We consider a panel of 133 developing countries as migrant source countries and seven five-year windows between 1980 and 2010. Because inflows of remittances could be endogenous, we employ a dynamic GMM estimation methodology. We find that inflows of remittances are positively associated with subsequent stocks of highly educated migrants living in OECD countries. We find little association between remittance inflows and subsequent changes in stocks of less educated migrants. Although many see the level of migration as influencing remittance flows, our results suggest that causality goes in the other direction as well, implying that the inflow of remittances could be a push-factor for emigration, at least for those with more education.
Differences in Ethnic Favoritism Across Countries and Over Time: The Case of Africa
Erickosowo Tiku,Kevin Sylwester 중앙대학교 경제연구소 2024 Journal of Economic Development Vol.49 No.2
Using several rounds of the Afrobarometer surveys, we examine whether a person’s perception of government fairness depends on whether he shares the same ethnicity as the country’s leader. We also compare results based on this subjective measure of unfairness from those that consider whether various public amenities (like a school or clinic) are more likely to be present for those with the same ethnicity as the leader. We find that perceptions of unfair treatment are held more often by those of differing ethnicity as the leader. These findings weaken for democracies but not over time where they may even have intensified during Africa’s slower growth after 2010. Finally, differences across ethnicity in perceptions of unfairness are stronger than differences arising from the presence of amenities.