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E-mail:tmengistae@gmail.com
Workplace:World Bank Group, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

  1. Africa in Manufacturing Global Value Chains: Cross-Country Patterns in the Dynamics of Linkages
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (1)

2019

  1. Market Size, Sunk Costs of Entry, and Transport Costs: An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Demand-Side Factors versus Supply-Side Factors on Manufacturing Productivity
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  2. Sources of Manufacturing Productivity Growth in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2018

  1. Selection, Firm Turnover, and Productivity Growth: Do Emerging Cities Speed up the Process?
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads

2016

  1. Sources of productivity growth in Uganda: the role of interindustry and intra-industry misallocation in the 2000s
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2015

  1. Structural transformation and productivity growth in Africa: Uganda in the 2000s
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2011

  1. Diagnosing development bottlenecks: China and India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2011) Downloads View citations (4) (2011)

2010

  1. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) Downloads View citations (8) (2013)

2009

  1. To Formalize or Not to Formalize? Comparisons of Microenterprise Data from Southern and East Africa
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development Downloads View citations (38)

2007

  1. Corruption, business environment, and small business fixed investment in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Corruption, the business environment, and small business growth in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (15)
  3. Mobility and earnings in Ethiopia's urban labor markets, 1994-2004
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (20)

2006

  1. Market access, supplier access, and Africa's manufactured exports: an analysis of the role of geography and institutions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)

2005

  1. Business environment, clustering, and industry location: evidence from Indian cities
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (7)
  2. The impact of business environment and economic geography on plant-level productivity: an analysis of Indian industry
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (32)

2004

  1. Investment climate and international integration
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Investment climate and international integration, World Development, Elsevier (2006) Downloads View citations (98) (2006)

2002

  1. Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan (2004) Downloads View citations (78) (2004)

2001

  1. Indigenous ethnicity and entrepreneurial success in Africa: some evidence from Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (21)

1999

  1. The relative effects of skill formation and job matching on wage growth in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Wage rates and job queues - does the public sector overpay in Ethiopia?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (20)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (1998) Downloads View citations (8)

1998

  1. Skill formation and job matching effects in wage growth: the case of manufacturing workers in Ethiopia
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (4)

1996

  1. Age-size effects in productive efficiency: a second test of the passive learning model
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2013

  1. Labor Market Integration in Urban Ethiopia, 1994-2004
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (4), 889 - 931 Downloads View citations (6)
  2. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
    Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (25), 3637-3649 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) Downloads View citations (8) (2010)

2011

  1. Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 73, 722-752 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Diagnosing development bottlenecks: China and India, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) Downloads View citations (4) (2011)

2009

  1. Economic geography and manufacturing productivity in Africa: ananalysis of firm level data
    Journal of Developing Areas, 2009, 42, (2), 223-252 Downloads View citations (1)

2006

  1. Competition and entrepreneurs' human capital in small business longevity and growth
    Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (5), 812-836 Downloads View citations (27)
  2. Investment climate and international integration
    World Development, 2006, 34, (9), 1498-1516 Downloads View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper Investment climate and international integration, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) Downloads View citations (38) (2004)
  3. Market access, supplier access, and Africa's manufactured exports: A firm level analysis
    The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2006, 15, (4), 493-523 Downloads View citations (9)

2005

  1. Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 54, (1), 1-31 Downloads View citations (211)

2004

  1. Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (3), 615-638 Downloads View citations (63)
  2. Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IMF Staff Papers, 2004, 51, (2), 6 Downloads View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (4) (2002)

2001

  1. Determinants of African Manufacturing Investment: the Microeconomic Evidence
    Journal of African Economies, 2001, 10, (suppl_2), 48-80 Downloads View citations (35)
  2. Skill formation and job matching effects in wage growth in Ethiopia
    Journal of African Economies, 2001, 10, (1), 1-36 Downloads View citations (2)

1992

  1. Public policy Markets and Technical progress in the Grain plough Culture
    Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 1992, 01, (01), 104 Downloads
 
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