Public Policies and Private Savings and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Investigation

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hadjimichael ◽  
Dhaneshwar Ghura
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Private Savings ◽  
Sub Saharan

How Much Does the Cardinal Treatment of Ordinal Variables Matter? An Empirical Investigation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Bloem
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Partial Identification ◽  
American Economic Review ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Ordinal Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Empirical Estimates ◽  
White Test ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Many researchers use an ordinal scale to quantitatively measure and analyze concepts. Theoretically valid empirical estimates are robust in sign to any monotonic increasing transformation of the ordinal scale. This presents challenges for the point-identification of important parameters of interest. I develop a partial identification method for testing the robustness of empirical estimates to a range of plausible monotonic increasing transformations of the ordinal scale. This method allows for the calculation of plausible bounds around effect estimates. I illustrate this method by revisiting analysis by Nunn and Wantchekon (2011, American Economic Review, 101, 3221–3252) on the slave trade and trust in sub-Saharan Africa. Supplemental illustrations examine results from (i) Aghion et al. (2016, American Economic Review, 106, 3869–3897) on creative destruction and subjective well-being and (ii) Bond and Lang (2013, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 95, 1468–1479) on the fragility of the black–white test score gap.

scholarly journals An empirical investigation of remittances and financial inclusion nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1712126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukman.O. Oyelami ◽  
Adeyemi A. Ogundipe ◽  
Adeyemi Ogundipe
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

A Comparative Analysis of Widow Dispossession in Francophone and Anglophone Cameroon

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-174
Author(s):  
Roxana Willis
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

AbstractWidows throughout sub-Saharan Africa may be at risk from dispossession when their husbands pass away. Whereas some scholars view widow dispossession as prevalent and global, others suggest that the issue is less common than claimed. This article contributes to understanding about the frequency of, and reasons for, widow dispossession through an empirical investigation of widowhood in Cameroon. By adopting a comparative method, working with similar groups in both francophone and anglophone regions, it presents preliminary findings. These findings include a higher awareness of widow dispossession in anglophone areas compared to francophone samples. Moreover, notably fewer marriages are legally registered in the anglophone dataset, compared to the francophone group, which may place anglophone widows at greater risk of dispossession. The article then assesses the impact of custom, religion, civil law and common law on the findings. In conclusion, it recommends the need for a holistic consideration of land rights.

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