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Homepage:https://sites.tufts.edu/margaretmcmillan/
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Postal address:114b Braker Hall, Medford, MA 02155
Workplace:Department of Economics, Tufts University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. What Predicts the Growth of Small Firms? Evidence from Tanzanian Commercial Loan Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article What Predicts the Growth of Small Firms? Evidence from Tanzanian Commercial Loan Data, Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)

2021

  1. Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (24)
  2. Africa’s Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (24)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2021) Downloads View citations (11)
  3. Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2022) Downloads (2022)
  4. Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (1)

2020

  1. Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis Downloads View citations (5)
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2019) Downloads View citations (1)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) Downloads View citations (10)

    See also Journal Article Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) Downloads View citations (15) (2022)

2019

  1. Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Botswana
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)

2018

  1. Optimal local content for extractive industries: How can policies best create benefits for Tanzania?
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (2)

2017

  1. Economic transformation in Africa from the bottom up: Evidence from Tanzania
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania's service sector
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (2)
  3. FDI and Capital Formation in Developing Economies: New Evidence from Industry-level Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
  4. Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (61)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2017) Downloads View citations (63)
  5. Structural change, fundamentals, and growth: A framework and case studies: Synopsis
    IFPRI synopses, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (28)
  6. The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (24)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) Downloads View citations (24)

    See also Journal Article The Changing Structure of Africa’s Economies, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) Downloads View citations (24) (2017)
  7. The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural Change Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (56)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (53)

    See also Chapter The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural-Change Perspective, Springer Books, Springer (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
  8. The changing structure of Africa’s economies
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (20)

2015

  1. Stuck in the Middle? Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Botswana
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa: A Re-Interpretation of the Lewis Model
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa: A Reinterpretation of the Lewis Model, World Development, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (12) (2018)
  3. What is driving the 'African Growth Miracle'?
    VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) Downloads View citations (39)
  4. Why are American Workers getting Poorer? China, Trade and Offshoring
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (37)

2014

  1. Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Working Paper - 209 - What is driving the African Growth Miracle
    Working Paper Series, African Development Bank Downloads View citations (47)

2013

  1. Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (5) (2014)

2012

  1. Globalization, structural change, and productivity growth
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) Downloads View citations (572)
  2. Rural demography, public services, and land rights in Africa: A village-level analysis in Burkina Faso
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) Downloads View citations (8)

2011

  1. Chemical Fertilizer and Migration in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the current population surveys
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (48)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2009) Downloads View citations (82)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) Downloads View citations (76)

    See also Journal Article Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2014) Downloads View citations (260) (2014)
    Chapter ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND OFFSHORING ON AMERICAN WORKERS USING THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEYS, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2022) Downloads (2022)
  3. Recent perspectives on trade and inequality
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (129)
    See also Journal Article Recent Perspectives on Trade and Inequality, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2011) Downloads View citations (152) (2011)

2010

  1. Crop price indemnified loans for farmers
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Recent Findings on Trade and Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (52)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2010) Downloads View citations (36)

2009

  1. Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011) Downloads View citations (107) (2011)
    Chapter OFFSHORING JOBS? MULTINATIONALS AND U.S. MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2022) Downloads (2022)

2007

  1. Product Differentiation and Film Programming Choice: Do First-Run Movie Theatres Show the Same Films?
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2005) Downloads View citations (5)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article Product differentiation and film-programming choice: do first-run movie theatres show the same films?, Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer (2010) Downloads View citations (14) (2010)
  2. Profit Sharing Between Governments and Multinationals in Natural Resource Extraction: Evidence From a Firm-Level Panel
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)

2006

  1. ARE Update Volume 10, Number 1
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley Downloads
  2. Dispelling Some Myths About Offshoring
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (10)
  3. Outsourcing Jobs? Multinationals and US Employment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (45)
  4. US multinational activity abroad and US jobs: substitutes or complements?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (6)

2005

  1. Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Chapter Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) Downloads View citations (24) (2007)
  2. My Policies or Yours: Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Chapter My Policies or Yours: Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) Downloads View citations (7) (2007)

2004

  1. Computational Analysis of the U.S FTAs with Central America, Australia, And Morocco
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan Downloads View citations (1)

2002

  1. Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Global capital flows and financing constraints, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) Downloads View citations (252) (2004)
  2. When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (30)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2002) Downloads View citations (25)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) Downloads View citations (35)

2001

  1. Does Direct Foreign Investment Affect Domestic Firms' Credit Constraints?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (40)

2000

  1. Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2000) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Climate and Scale In Economic Growth
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (30)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2000) Downloads View citations (23)

    See also Journal Article Climate and Scale in Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2001) Downloads View citations (191) (2001)

1999

  1. A Political Economy Model of Agricultural Taxation, R&D, and Growth in Africa
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Ethnolinguistic Diversity, Government Expenditures and Economic Growth Across Countries
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Foreign Direct Investment: Leader or Follower?
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads View citations (6)

1998

  1. A Dynamic Theory of Primary Export Taxation: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University Downloads View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

  1. What Predicts the Growth of Small Firms? Evidence from Tanzanian Commercial Loan Data
    Journal of Globalization and Development, 2023, 14, (2), 253-320 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper What Predicts the Growth of Small Firms? Evidence from Tanzanian Commercial Loan Data, NBER Working Papers (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)

2022

  1. Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations
    Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 158, (C) Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (10) (2020)
  2. Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (1), 3-32 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads (2021)

2020

  1. Economic Transformation in Africa from the Bottom Up: New Evidence from Tanzania
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2020, 34, (Supplement_1), S58-S62 Downloads View citations (2)

2018

  1. Agricultural Labour Productivity and Industrialisation: Lessons for Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 2018, 27, (1), 28-65 Downloads View citations (26)
  2. Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania
    World Development, 2018, 105, (C), 400-415 Downloads View citations (21)
  3. Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa: A Reinterpretation of the Lewis Model
    World Development, 2018, 109, (C), 511-522 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa: A Re-Interpretation of the Lewis Model, NBER Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (5) (2015)
  4. Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation: Evidence from Tanzania
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (5), 833-855 Downloads View citations (7)

2017

  1. The Changing Structure of Africa’s Economies
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (2), 412-433 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (24) (2017)

2016

  1. An exploration of the health beliefs of Chinese nurses' and nurse academics' health beliefs: A Q‐methodology study
    Nursing & Health Sciences, 2016, 18, (1), 97-104 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Understanding African Poverty over the Longue Durée: A Review of Africa's Development in Historical Perspective
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2016, 54, (3), 893-905 Downloads View citations (6)

2014

  1. Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 313-326 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa, NBER Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (1) (2013)
  2. Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (4), 581-595 Downloads View citations (260)
    See also Chapter ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND OFFSHORING ON AMERICAN WORKERS USING THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEYS, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2022, 275-289 (2022) Downloads (2022)
    Working Paper Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the current population surveys, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) Downloads View citations (48) (2011)
  3. Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa
    World Development, 2014, 63, (C), 11-32 Downloads View citations (335)
  4. Organizational support in the recruitment and transition of overseas‐qualified nurses: Lessons learnt from a study tour
    Nursing & Health Sciences, 2014, 16, (2), 255-261 Downloads View citations (1)

2012

  1. Understanding Economic Transformation in Africa Through the Country Studies
    Journal of African Development, 2012, 14, (2), 1-6 Downloads

2011

  1. Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2011, 78, (1), 37-55 View citations (39)
  2. Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (3), 857-875 Downloads View citations (107)
    See also Working Paper Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2009) Downloads View citations (18) (2009)
    Chapter OFFSHORING JOBS? MULTINATIONALS AND U.S. MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2022, 255-273 (2022) Downloads (2022)
  3. Recent Perspectives on Trade and Inequality
    Annual Review of Economics, 2011, 3, (1), 261-289 Downloads View citations (152)
    See also Working Paper Recent perspectives on trade and inequality, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) Downloads View citations (129) (2011)

2010

  1. Product differentiation and film-programming choice: do first-run movie theatres show the same films?
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2010, 34, (2), 131-145 Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Product Differentiation and Film Programming Choice: Do First-Run Movie Theatres Show the Same Films?, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2007) Downloads (2007)
  2. The essentials of Advance Care Planning for end‐of‐life care for older people
    Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2010, 19, (3‐4), 389-397 Downloads View citations (1)

2007

  1. Food Aid and Poverty
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (5), 1152-1160 Downloads View citations (17)
  2. On the links between globalization and poverty
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, 5, (1), 123-134 Downloads View citations (54)

2004

  1. Global capital flows and financing constraints
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 75, (1), 269-301 Downloads View citations (252)
    See also Working Paper Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints, NBER Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (14) (2002)

2003

  1. An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time‐Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment
    Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7, (2), 179-191 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Does direct foreign investment affect domestic credit constraints?
    Journal of International Economics, 2003, 61, (1), 73-100 Downloads View citations (217)

2001

  1. Climate and Scale in Economic Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2001, 6, (3), 167-86 Downloads View citations (191)
    See also Working Paper Climate and Scale In Economic Growth, CID Working Papers (2000) Downloads View citations (30) (2000)
  2. Why Kill The Golden Goose? A Political-Economy Model Of Export Taxation
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (1), 170-184 Downloads View citations (41)

Edited books

2017

  1. Structural change, fundamentals, and growth: A framework and case studies
    IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (27)

Chapters

2022

  1. ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND OFFSHORING ON AMERICAN WORKERS USING THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEYS
    Chapter 12 in Globalization, Firms, and Workers, 2022, pp 275-289 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the current population surveys, The World Bank (2011) Downloads View citations (48) (2011)
    Journal Article Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys, MIT Press (2014) Downloads View citations (260) (2014)
  2. OFFSHORING JOBS? MULTINATIONALS AND U.S. MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
    Chapter 11 in Globalization, Firms, and Workers, 2022, pp 255-273 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2009) Downloads View citations (18) (2009)
    Journal Article Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment, MIT Press (2011) Downloads View citations (107) (2011)

2019

  1. Rural nonfarm enterprises in Tanzania's economic transformation: The role of the youth
    Chapter 8 in Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts, 2019, pp yj205-250 Downloads
  2. The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural-Change Perspective
    Springer View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural Change Perspective, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) Downloads View citations (56) (2017)

2014

  1. Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso
    A chapter in African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions, 2014, pp 103-143 Downloads

2007

  1. Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
    A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 561-598 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) Downloads View citations (36) (2005)
  2. Household Responses to the Financial Crisis in Indonesia: Longitudinal Evidence on Poverty, Resources, and Well-Being
    A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 517-560 Downloads View citations (18)
  3. My Policies or Yours: Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?
    A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 183-240 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper My Policies or Yours: Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) Downloads View citations (3) (2005)
 
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