... evidence is based on fixed effects and 2SLS regressions. Bank concentration is measured in terms of total assets owned by the three largest banks as well as the total assets owned by the five largest banks. Female education is proxied from four main perspectives, notably: (1) female enrolment in primary...

... (2SLS). It is also re-estimated using the instrumental variable generalized method of moments and limited information maximum likelihood to check robustness. Findings The results reveal a significant negative interaction effect of development and social public spending on poverty. In other words...

... the question whether this unsatisfied economic growth of the African continent could be associated with the rising migration from Africa? Migration Economic growth Africa Panel data 2SLS The developing world in general and the African region in particular are affected severely by increased...

... indices vis-à-vis food consumption expenditure-metrics technique was used to evaluate the food security profile of the respondents. Similarly, ordinary least square and two-stage least square (2SLS) models were applied to investigate the effects and “reverse causality” in the social networks food...

... and credit availed, distance from plot to the farmer’s household, and cost of seed, fertilizers and hired labor. Vietnam Gender gap 2SLS Panel data Decomposition Rice productivity Agriculture plays a vital role in the economy of Vietnam, it contributes 18.1 percent to GDP and 46.8 percent...