Working Papers | Francis J Teal

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Heterogeneous returns and the persistence of agricultural technology adoption

Author(s): Andrew Zeitlin, Francis Teal
Stefano Caria, Richman Dzene, Petr Jansky and Emmanuel Opoku

Date: November 2010

Aggregation versus Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Growth Empirics

Author(s): Markus Eberhardt, Francis Teal

Date: August 2010

Keywords: Dual economy model, cross-country production function, aggregation bias, technology heterogeneity, common factor model, panel time series econometrics

Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: a Review of Channels and Interactions

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: August 2010

Productivity Analysis in Global Manufacturing Production

Author(s): Markus Eberhardt, Francis Teal

Date: November 2010

Keywords: Cross-country analysis, parameter heterogeneity, productivity levels, panel time series econometrics, common factor model

The Returns to Formality and Informality in Urban Africa

Author(s): Justin Sandefur, Francis Teal
Paolo Falco, Andrew Kerr and Neil Rankin

Date: February 2010

Jobs, Skills and Incomes in Ghana: How was poverty halved?

Author(s): Francis Teal
Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah and Moses Awoonor-Williams

Date: January 2010

Learning & Earning in Africa: Where are the Returns to Education High?

Author(s): Francis Teal, Justin Sandefur
Neil Rankin

Date: January 2010

Econometrics for Grumblers: A New Look at the Literature on Cross-Country Growth Empirics

Author(s): Markus Eberhardt, Francis Teal

Date: June 2009

Keywords: Cross-country empirical analysis, Nonstationary panel econometrics, Parameter heterogeneity, Common factor model, Cross-section dependence

A Common Factor Approach to Spatial Heterogeneity in Agricultural Productivity Analysis

Author(s): Markus Eberhardt, Francis Teal

Date: May 2009

Modeling Technology and Technological Change in Manufacturing: How do Countries Differ?

Author(s): Markus Eberhardt, Francis Teal

Date: April 2008

Keywords: Manufacturing Production, Parameter Heterogeneity, Nonstationary Panel Econometrics

Why do South Korean firms produce so much more output per worker than Ghanaian ones?

Author(s): Simon Baptist, Francis Teal

Date: February 2008

Keywords: African and Asian Manufacturing, Productivity, Efficiency, Human Capital

Private sector development and income dynamics: A panel study of the Tanzanian labour market

Author(s): Simon Quinn, Francis Teal

Date: February 2008

Does Doing an Apprenticeship Pay Off?  Evidence from Ghana

Author(s): Courtney Monk, Justin Sandefur, Francis Teal

Date: February 2008

Keywords: Apprenticeship, Africa, Training, Treatment, Control Function

The returns to vocational training and academic education: Evidence from Tanzania

Author(s): Francis Teal, Godius Kahyarara

Date: January 2008

Keywords: Vocational and General Education in Tanzania, Manufacturing, Training

To train or to educate? Evidence from Tanzania

Author(s): Francis Teal
Godius Kahyarara

Date: September 2006

Keywords: Vocational and General Education in Tanzania, Manufacturing, Training

Gender, Education and Occupational Outcomes: Kenya`s Informal Sector in the 1990s

Author(s): Francis Teal
Rosemary Atieno

Date: September 2006

Labor Market Flexibility, Wages and Incomes in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s

Author(s): Geeta Kingdon, Justin Sandefur, Francis Teal

Date: November 2005

Exporting from manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s): Francis Teal, Måns Söderbom
Neil Rankin, University of the Witwatersrand

Date: December 2005

Does performance related pay for teachers improve student performance? Some evidence from India

Author(s): Geeta Kingdon, Francis Teal

Date: March 2005

Keywords: Teacher Salaries, Efficiency, Productivity, Economic Development

Consumption, Welfare and Well-Being in Ghana in the 1990s

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: January 2005

Keywords: Ghana, Real Incomes, Poverty, Well-Being

The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal, Godius Kahyarara
Anthony Wambugu

Date: January 2004

Keywords: Returns to education, Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, manufacturing

Survival and Success among African Manufacturing Firms

Author(s): Alan Harding, Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: February 2004

Production changes in ghana cocoa farming households under market reforms

Author(s): Francis Teal, Marcella Vigneri

Date: May 2004

Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth: An Empirical Investigation

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: May 2003

Keywords: Productivity, openness, human capital, growth, panel data

Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, & Albert Zeufack

Date: September 2002

Size and Efficiency in African Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: May 2002

Keywords: African manufacturing, productivity, efficiency, human capital, firm size.

Does firm size really affect earnings?

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal
Anthony Wambugu

Date: November 2002

Keywords: Skills, efficiency wages, bargaining, firm size, earnings, African manufacturing.

Corruption and Firm Performance in Africa

Author(s): Francis Teal, John McArthur

Date: December 2002

Trade and Human Capital as Determinants of Growth

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: June 2001

Keywords: Productivity, openness, human capital and growth.

Firm size and human capital as determinants of productivity and earnings

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: May 2001

Keywords: African manufacturing, productivity, earnings, human capital, firm size, rent sharing, efficiency wages.

Education, incomes, poverty and inequality in Ghana in the 1990s

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: November 2001

Keywords: Ghana, real incomes, poverty

Skills, investment and exports from manufacturing firms in Africa

Author(s): Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal

Date: May 2000

Keywords: African manufacturing, exports, investment.

Private Sector Wages and Poverty in Ghana: 1988-1998

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: April 2000

Exports and Firm - level Efficiency in African Manufacturing

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Jean Habarurema, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Albert Zeufack

Date: July 2000

Why can Mauritius export manufactures and Ghana not?

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: March 1999

Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom,Arne Bigsten,Bernard Gauthier,Jan Willem Gunning,Abena Oduro,Remco Oostendorp,Cathy Pattillo and Albert Zeufack

Date: August 1999

The Ghanaian manufacturing sector 1991-1995: firm growth, productivity and convergence

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: June 1998

Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa`s manufacturing sector

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Albert Zeufack

Date: May 1998

Contract flexibility and conflict resolution: evidence from African manufacturing

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Albert Zeufack

Date: September 1998

Real wages and the demand for skilled and unskilled male labour in Ghana`s manufacturing sector: 1991-1995

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: May 1997

Investment in Africa`s manufacturing sector: a four-country panel data analysis

Author(s): Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Måns Söderbom, Francis Teal
Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Michel Sylvain, Albert Zeufack

Date: April 1997

Real wages and the demand for labour in Ghana`s manufacturing sector

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: March 1995

Efficiency wages and rent sharing: a note and some empirical findings

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: November 1995

Does getting prices right work? Micro evidence from Ghana

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: December 1995

The size and scources of economic rents in a developing country manufacturing labour market

Author(s): Francis Teal

Date: June 1994

Last edited: 18 05 2011