Productivity change and decomposition analysis of Japanese regional economies

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 1537-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Goto ◽  
Amani Mohammed Atris ◽  
Akihiro Otsuka
Keyword(s):  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Productivity Change ◽  
Regional Economies

scholarly journals Effect of the Great Crisis on Sectoral Female Employment in Europe: A Structural Decomposition Analysis

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Izaskun Barba ◽  
Belen Iraizoz
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Productivity Change ◽  
Structural Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Structural Decomposition ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Labor Requirements

Sectoral gender segregation in labor markets is a fact. This paper examines the female distribution of employment by sectors in the EU 28, thereby contributing to the literature on the effects of the recession and subsequent austerity measures on female employment. An input-output model and structural decomposition analysis are used to assess the contribution of factors such as technological change, productivity change and final demand change. The latter had a positive impact over the period of analysis by creating new job opportunities for women, especially in the public service sectors, whereas productivity growth had a negative impact, particularly in the private service sectors. These changes have resulted in a reduction in the level of gender sectoral segregation; change in household expenditure again is the main driver of this reduction. Changing trends in labor requirements and gross capital formation have the opposite effect; thus, these trends increase the level of sectoral segregation.

The Coin of the African Realm

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Herbst
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
African Countries ◽  
New Strategies

This chapter examines the politics of the currency in West Africa from the beginning of the twentieth century. A public series of debates over the nature of the currency occurred in West Africa during both the colonial and independence periods. Since 1983, West African countries have been pioneers in Africa in developing new strategies to combat overvaluation of the currency and reduce the control of government over the currency supply. The chapter charts the evolution of West African currencies as boundaries and explores their relationship to state consolidation. It shows that leaders in African capitals managed to make the units they ruled increasingly distinct from the international and regional economies, but the greater salience of the currency did not end up promoting state consolidation. Rather, winning the ability to determine the value of the currency led to a series of disastrous decisions that severely weakened the states themselves.

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