Margaret Mcmillan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3960694 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Margaret Mcmillan |
| NOMBRES | Margaret |
| APELLIDO | Mcmillan |
| FIRMA | MCMILLAN M |
| AFILIACIONES | Tufts University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1804-4699 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 111 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1917 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations
We use plant level census data to identify spillovers from FDI in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector. Spillovers are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts where a large greenfield foreign plant produces and districts where FDI in the same industry was licensed but not yet operational. Over the four years starting with the year of the FDI opening, the TFP of domestic plants is 11 percent…
Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
Manufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers skeptical about the potential for manufacturing to play this role in Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii…
Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation
Tanzania’s recent growth boom has been accompanied by a threefold increase in the share of the rural labour force working in nonfarm employment. Although households with nonfarm enterprises are less likely to be poor, a substantial fraction of these households fall below the poverty line. Heterogeneity in the labour productivity of rural nonfarm businesses calls for a two-pronged strategy for rural transformation. Relatively unproductive enterpri…
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys
We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys from 1984 to 2002. We find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with significant wage effects, while industry exposure has no significant impact. We present evidence that globalization has put downward pressure on worker wages through the reallocation of workers away from higher-wage manufacturing jobs int…
Introduction – Understanding Structural Transformation in Africa
Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa
Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa
Gerotranscendence
Older Australians with cognitive impairment benefit from advance care planning (ACP). However, myths and misunderstandings prevail. Data for this case study involving mixed methods were collected to explore experiences of older people and family members with ACP in three residential care facilities. Close analysis of phenomena within ACP led to greater awareness of what constitutes 'dying well'. The implications of ACP are not limited to planning…
Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to high-productivity activities are a key driver of development. Our results show that since 1990 structural change has been growth reducing in both Africa and Latin America, with the most striking changes t…
Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Using firm-level data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, we estimate the impact on U.S. manufacturing employment of changes in foreign affiliate wages. We show that the motive for offshoring and, consequently, the location of offshore activity, significantly affects the impact of offshoring on parent employment. In general, offshoring to low-wage countries substitutes for domestic employment. However, for firms that do significant…
On the links between globalization and poverty
Global capital flows and financing constraints
Why Kill the Golden Goose? A Political-Economy Model of Export Taxation
Why do governments tax exports at rates that are ultimately self-defeating? An answer may lie in the time-inconsistent nature of a low-tax policy. Using a dynamic model of export taxation, I show that the sustainability of a low-tax policy depends on three variables: the ratio of sunk costs to total costs, how heavily future export revenue is discounted, and expected future export earnings. Using data on taxation, leadership duration, and profita…
Remarks by M. Sean McMillan
Like Mr. Stevens, I am engaged in the practice of international corporate law. I would like to outline briefly my view of the role of the practising U.S. attorney whose clients are involved in international transactions—the “transnational lawyer.” These lawyers should be competent to give advice on the laws of more than one country and must be able to evaluate the relative legal advantages of particular business decisions as they are affected by …
Education of an Imperial Race to-Morrow
Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Introduction – Understanding Structural Transformation in Africa
Global capital flows and financing constraints
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa
On the links between globalization and poverty
Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
Manufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers skeptical about the potential for manufacturing to play this role in Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii…
Education of an Imperial Race to-Morrow
Remarks by M. Sean McMillan
Like Mr. Stevens, I am engaged in the practice of international corporate law. I would like to outline briefly my view of the role of the practising U.S. attorney whose clients are involved in international transactions—the “transnational lawyer.” These lawyers should be competent to give advice on the laws of more than one country and must be able to evaluate the relative legal advantages of particular business decisions as they are affected by …
Why Kill the Golden Goose? A Political-Economy Model of Export Taxation
Why do governments tax exports at rates that are ultimately self-defeating? An answer may lie in the time-inconsistent nature of a low-tax policy. Using a dynamic model of export taxation, I show that the sustainability of a low-tax policy depends on three variables: the ratio of sunk costs to total costs, how heavily future export revenue is discounted, and expected future export earnings. Using data on taxation, leadership duration, and profita…
Global capital flows and financing constraints
On the links between globalization and poverty
Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to high-productivity activities are a key driver of development. Our results show that since 1990 structural change has been growth reducing in both Africa and Latin America, with the most striking changes t…
Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Using firm-level data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, we estimate the impact on U.S. manufacturing employment of changes in foreign affiliate wages. We show that the motive for offshoring and, consequently, the location of offshore activity, significantly affects the impact of offshoring on parent employment. In general, offshoring to low-wage countries substitutes for domestic employment. However, for firms that do significant…
Gerotranscendence
Older Australians with cognitive impairment benefit from advance care planning (ACP). However, myths and misunderstandings prevail. Data for this case study involving mixed methods were collected to explore experiences of older people and family members with ACP in three residential care facilities. Close analysis of phenomena within ACP led to greater awareness of what constitutes 'dying well'. The implications of ACP are not limited to planning…
Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa
Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys
We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys from 1984 to 2002. We find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with significant wage effects, while industry exposure has no significant impact. We present evidence that globalization has put downward pressure on worker wages through the reallocation of workers away from higher-wage manufacturing jobs int…
Introduction – Understanding Structural Transformation in Africa
Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa
Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa
We develop a model economy that has many of the features of Lewis (1954) but that also includes an in-between sector as described by Lewis (1979). Our model underscores the importance of the following determinants of structural change: (i) productivity growth in the agricultural sector; (ii) productivity growth in the nonagricultural sector and; (iii) the terms of trade. Public investment enhances productivity growth in all sectors but when it is…
Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation
Tanzania’s recent growth boom has been accompanied by a threefold increase in the share of the rural labour force working in nonfarm employment. Although households with nonfarm enterprises are less likely to be poor, a substantial fraction of these households fall below the poverty line. Heterogeneity in the labour productivity of rural nonfarm businesses calls for a two-pronged strategy for rural transformation. Relatively unproductive enterpri…
Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa
Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations
We use plant level census data to identify spillovers from FDI in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector. Spillovers are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts where a large greenfield foreign plant produces and districts where FDI in the same industry was licensed but not yet operational. Over the four years starting with the year of the FDI opening, the TFP of domestic plants is 11 percent…
Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
Manufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers skeptical about the potential for manufacturing to play this role in Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii…
Economics (14 obras) · Economic growth (9 obras) · Productivity (8 obras) · Business (7 obras) · Development economics (7 obras) · Market economy (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Global trade and economics (6 obras) · Labour economics (6 obras) · Macroeconomics (5 obras)