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nd optimal for their daughters to spend on household chores, therebyallowing them to allocate more time to studying at home. The model is calibratedfor a low-income country and various quantitative experiments are conducted. Thisincludes an increase in the share of public spending on infrastructure, an increase intime allocated by mothers to their daughters, and a decrease in fathers' preferencefor their daughters' education. Our analysis shows that poor access by families toinfrastructure may provide an endogenous explanation, beyond social norms andcultural values, for the persistence of child labour at home and gender inequality inlow-income countries. In Chapter 2, the link between infrastructure and industrial development is stud-ied in an OLG model with endogenous skill acquisition. Industrial developmentis defi
ned as a shift from an imitation-based, low-skill economy to an innovation-based, high-skill economy where ideas are produced domestically. Imitation gen-erates knowledge spillovers, which enhance productivity in innovation. Changes inindustrial structure are measured by the ratio of the variety of imitation-based toinnovation-based intermediate goods. The model also distinguishes between basicinfrastructure, which helps to promote learning-by-doing and productivity in imi-tation activities, and advanced infrastructure, which promotes knowledge networksand innovation. Numerical experiments, based on a calibrated version for a low-income country, show that changes in the level and composition of public investmentin infrastructure may have signi
Essays on public capital and economic growth
nd optimal for their daughters to spend on household chores, therebyallowing them to allocate more time to studying at home. The model is calibratedfor a low-income country and various quantitative experiments are conducted. Thisincludes an increase in the share of public spending on infrastructure, an increase intime allocated by mothers to their daughters, and a decrease in fathers' preferencefor their daughters' education. Our analysis shows that poor access by families toinfrastructure may provide an endogenous explanation, beyond social norms andcultural values, for the persistence of child labour at home and gender inequality inlow-income countries. In Chapter 2, the link between infrastructure and industrial development is stud-ied in an OLG model with endogenous skill acquisition. Industrial developmentis defi
ned as a shift from an imitation-based, low-skill economy to an innovation-based, high-skill economy where ideas are produced domestically. Imitation gen-erates knowledge spillovers, which enhance productivity in innovation. Changes inindustrial structure are measured by the ratio of the variety of imitation-based toinnovation-based intermediate goods. The model also distinguishes between basicinfrastructure, which helps to promote learning-by-doing and productivity in imi-tation activities, and advanced infrastructure, which promotes knowledge networksand innovation. Numerical experiments, based on a calibrated version for a low-income country, show that changes in the level and composition of public investmentin infrastructure may have signi
ficant effects on the structure of the labour force andthe speed of industrial development.
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nd optimal for their daughters to spend on household chores, therebyallowing them to allocate more time to studying at home. The model is calibratedfor a low-income country and various quantitative experiments are conducted. Thisincludes an increase in the share of public spending on infrastructure, an increase intime allocated by mothers to their daughters, and a decrease in fathers' preferencefor their daughters' education. Our analysis shows that poor access by families toinfrastructure may provide an endogenous explanation, beyond social norms andcultural values, for the persistence of child labour at home and gender inequality inlow-income countries. In Chapter 2, the link between infrastructure and industrial development is stud-ied in an OLG model with endogenous skill acquisition. Industrial developmentis defi
ned as a shift from an imitation-based, low-skill economy to an innovation-based, high-skill economy where ideas are produced domestically. Imitation gen-erates knowledge spillovers, which enhance productivity in innovation. Changes inindustrial structure are measured by the ratio of the variety of imitation-based toinnovation-based intermediate goods. The model also distinguishes between basicinfrastructure, which helps to promote learning-by-doing and productivity in imi-tation activities, and advanced infrastructure, which promotes knowledge networksand innovation. Numerical experiments, based on a calibrated version for a low-income country, show that changes in the level and composition of public investmentin infrastructure may have signi
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nd optimal for their daughters to spend on household chores, therebyallowing them to allocate more time to studying at home. The model is calibratedfor a low-income country and various quantitative experiments are conducted. Thisincludes an increase in the share of public spending on infrastructure, an increase intime allocated by mothers to their daughters, and a decrease in fathers' preferencefor their daughters' education. Our analysis shows that poor access by families toinfrastructure may provide an endogenous explanation, beyond social norms andcultural values, for the persistence of child labour at home and gender inequality inlow-income countries. In Chapter 2, the link between infrastructure and industrial development is stud-ied in an OLG model with endogenous skill acquisition. Industrial developmentis defi
ned as a shift from an imitation-based, low-skill economy to an innovation-based, high-skill economy where ideas are produced domestically. Imitation gen-erates knowledge spillovers, which enhance productivity in innovation. Changes inindustrial structure are measured by the ratio of the variety of imitation-based toinnovation-based intermediate goods. The model also distinguishes between basicinfrastructure, which helps to promote learning-by-doing and productivity in imi-tation activities, and advanced infrastructure, which promotes knowledge networksand innovation. Numerical experiments, based on a calibrated version for a low-income country, show that changes in the level and composition of public investmentin infrastructure may have signi
ficant effects on the structure of the labour force andthe speed of industrial development.
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