Almas Heshmati
Biographic Data
| ID | 359666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Almas Heshmati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Almas |
| FAMILY NAME | Heshmati |
| SIGNATURE | HESHMATI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jönköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7902-4683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Digital technology adoption and firm performance
The impact of energy poverty on the aggregate and disaggregate material footprints in BRICS
This study aims to examine the impact of energy poverty on the aggregate and disaggregate material footprint components such as biomass, fossil fuel, metal ores and non-metallic minerals while considering the economic growth and tourism development during 2000–2014 for the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). By applying econometric tools, the study confirms a positive and significant impact of energy poverty on aggre…
Does Financial Development Induce Total Factor Productivity Growth in an Emerging Economy? The Role of Gender Human Capital
Drawing from neoclassical growth theories, this study explores the interplay between financial development, gender‐specific human capital, and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in India, addressing a gap in prior literature by examining their interactive effects on emerging economies' productivity trajectories. Employing the ARDL Bound test model, we estimate the productivity growth equation using annual data from 1980 to 2019. Variables suc…
Is FDI inflow bad for environmental sustainability
In the last few years, discussions and debates around environmental sustainability have become a key goal of the global agenda. This is because the latest studies and our direct experiences of the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are showing that economic models need some urgent changes. The goal of this paper was to investigate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flow on environmental sustainability globall…
Regional Effects of Maternal Mortality Determinants in Africa and the Middle East
Background: As per the United Nations Women data, the maternal mortality rate in war-affected countries is critical and more than 800 million people live in war-affected countries (ICRC). External and internal conflicts such as foreign pressure, war and cross-border, civil disorder, terrorism, and civil war, are characteristics of Middle Eastern and African countries. Therefore considering the rapid increment of political risks and internal and e…
Foreign language skills and labour market earnings in Rwanda
This paper investigates the extent to which proficiency in English and French as a form of human capital individually determine earnings in Rwanda’s labour market and whether it still pays to be bilingual. Using data from the nationally representative Labour Force Survey conducted in 2018, our findings show that after controlling for other human capital and demographic factors, proficiency in both languages is positively rewarded. However, econom…
Retracted Article
A Distributional Analysis of Uni-and Multidimensional Poverty and Inequalities in Ethiopia
This study analyzes uni-and multidimensional poverty and inequalities in rural and small towns in Ethiopia. Unlike the unidimensional measure, the multidimensional measure of poverty shows all the channels through which poverty may manifest itself; it also shows the extent of deprivation. The analysis uses 6 dimensions with 14 indicators to construct a multidimensional index of poverty and inequalities using Ethiopian Households' Socioeconomic Su…
Farm-heterogeneity and persistent and transient productive efficiencies in Ethiopia’s smallholder cereal farming
This paper does an empirical comparison of time-invariant and time-varying technical inefficiency measures obtained from an econometric estimation of different panel data stochastic production frontier models. It estimates four panel data specifications of frontier models widely used in empirical applications using a panel dataset from the Ethiopian cereal farming sector. The empirical results show that estimates of both the magnitude and the ind…
Estimating older people's labour supply decisions in Korea
In 2017, Korea became an ‘aged society,’ with the proportion of people aged 65 or older exceeding 14%, while the ratio of the working-age population declined for the first time. This study uses data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLOSA) to examine the effects of public pension on the labour supply of older people and discusses ways of preparing for this ageing problem. The study uses the Heckman sample selection model for analysing…
Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the more perplexing since gender equality, particularly in education and employment, s…
Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentall
A review of the circular economy in China
Worker remittances and the global preconditions of ‘smart development’
With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance. This question is intriguing and is being dealt with by a growing number of studies, focusing on the environmental price of human progress. Even more intriguing, however, is the question of which factors of social organization contribute to a responsible use of the …
Evaluation of credit guarantee policy using propensity score matching
Effect of credit guarantee policy on survival and performance of SMEs in Republic of Korea
Effect of credit guarantee policy on survival and performance of SMEs in Republic of Korea
On the Growth of Micro and Small Firms
A Distributional Analysis of Uni-and Multidimensional Poverty and Inequalities in Ethiopia
This study analyzes uni-and multidimensional poverty and inequalities in rural and small towns in Ethiopia. Unlike the unidimensional measure, the multidimensional measure of poverty shows all the channels through which poverty may manifest itself; it also shows the extent of deprivation. The analysis uses 6 dimensions with 14 indicators to construct a multidimensional index of poverty and inequalities using Ethiopian Households' Socioeconomic Su…
Worker remittances and the global preconditions of ‘smart development’
With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance. This question is intriguing and is being dealt with by a growing number of studies, focusing on the environmental price of human progress. Even more intriguing, however, is the question of which factors of social organization contribute to a responsible use of the …
Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the more perplexing since gender equality, particularly in education and employment, s…
On the Growth of Micro and Small Firms
Effect of credit guarantee policy on survival and performance of SMEs in Republic of Korea
Effect of credit guarantee policy on survival and performance of SMEs in Republic of Korea
Evaluation of credit guarantee policy using propensity score matching
A review of the circular economy in China
Worker remittances and the global preconditions of ‘smart development’
With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance. This question is intriguing and is being dealt with by a growing number of studies, focusing on the environmental price of human progress. Even more intriguing, however, is the question of which factors of social organization contribute to a responsible use of the …
Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentall
Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the more perplexing since gender equality, particularly in education and employment, s…
Farm-heterogeneity and persistent and transient productive efficiencies in Ethiopia’s smallholder cereal farming
This paper does an empirical comparison of time-invariant and time-varying technical inefficiency measures obtained from an econometric estimation of different panel data stochastic production frontier models. It estimates four panel data specifications of frontier models widely used in empirical applications using a panel dataset from the Ethiopian cereal farming sector. The empirical results show that estimates of both the magnitude and the ind…
Estimating older people's labour supply decisions in Korea
In 2017, Korea became an ‘aged society,’ with the proportion of people aged 65 or older exceeding 14%, while the ratio of the working-age population declined for the first time. This study uses data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLOSA) to examine the effects of public pension on the labour supply of older people and discusses ways of preparing for this ageing problem. The study uses the Heckman sample selection model for analysing…
Retracted Article
A Distributional Analysis of Uni-and Multidimensional Poverty and Inequalities in Ethiopia
This study analyzes uni-and multidimensional poverty and inequalities in rural and small towns in Ethiopia. Unlike the unidimensional measure, the multidimensional measure of poverty shows all the channels through which poverty may manifest itself; it also shows the extent of deprivation. The analysis uses 6 dimensions with 14 indicators to construct a multidimensional index of poverty and inequalities using Ethiopian Households' Socioeconomic Su…
Regional Effects of Maternal Mortality Determinants in Africa and the Middle East
Background: As per the United Nations Women data, the maternal mortality rate in war-affected countries is critical and more than 800 million people live in war-affected countries (ICRC). External and internal conflicts such as foreign pressure, war and cross-border, civil disorder, terrorism, and civil war, are characteristics of Middle Eastern and African countries. Therefore considering the rapid increment of political risks and internal and e…
Foreign language skills and labour market earnings in Rwanda
This paper investigates the extent to which proficiency in English and French as a form of human capital individually determine earnings in Rwanda’s labour market and whether it still pays to be bilingual. Using data from the nationally representative Labour Force Survey conducted in 2018, our findings show that after controlling for other human capital and demographic factors, proficiency in both languages is positively rewarded. However, econom…
Is FDI inflow bad for environmental sustainability
In the last few years, discussions and debates around environmental sustainability have become a key goal of the global agenda. This is because the latest studies and our direct experiences of the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are showing that economic models need some urgent changes. The goal of this paper was to investigate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flow on environmental sustainability globall…
The impact of energy poverty on the aggregate and disaggregate material footprints in BRICS
This study aims to examine the impact of energy poverty on the aggregate and disaggregate material footprint components such as biomass, fossil fuel, metal ores and non-metallic minerals while considering the economic growth and tourism development during 2000–2014 for the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). By applying econometric tools, the study confirms a positive and significant impact of energy poverty on aggre…
Does Financial Development Induce Total Factor Productivity Growth in an Emerging Economy? The Role of Gender Human Capital
Drawing from neoclassical growth theories, this study explores the interplay between financial development, gender‐specific human capital, and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in India, addressing a gap in prior literature by examining their interactive effects on emerging economies' productivity trajectories. Employing the ARDL Bound test model, we estimate the productivity growth equation using annual data from 1980 to 2019. Variables suc…
Digital technology adoption and firm performance
Economics (16 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Econometrics (5 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Development economics (4 works)