ADB Economics Working Paper

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  Do Information and Communication Technologies Empower Female Workers? Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam 

  Chun, Natalie; Tang, Heiwai (Asian Development Bank, 2018-05-15)

  This paper studies the effects of firms’ investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their demand for female and skilled workers. Using the gradual liberalization of the broadband Internet sector across provinces from 2006 to 2009 as a source of exogenous variation to identify the causal impacts of ICT, we find evidence from the country’s comprehensive enterprise survey data ...

  This paper studies the effects of firms’ investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their demand for female and skilled workers. Using the gradual liberalization of the broadband Internet sector across provinces from 2006 to ...
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  Constructing the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index: A Panel Approach 

  Park, Cyn-Young; Claveria, Racquel (Asian Development Bank, 2018-05-15)

  In this paper, we propose a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) to strengthen the index’s ability to track the progress of economic integration in the region over time. Panel-based procedures are employed in imputing missing values, normalizing raw data, and deriving dimensional and subdimensional weights via principal components ...

  In this paper, we propose a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) to strengthen the index’s ability to track the progress of economic integration in the region over time. Panel-based ...
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  Why Has the Philippines’ Growth Performance Improved? From Disappointment to Promising Success 

  Felipe, Jesus; Estrada, Gemma (Asian Development Bank, 2018-04-15)

  This paper analyzes why the Philippines’ growth performance has improved significantly in recent years. As in the medium to long term actual growth adjusts to potential, we posit that the reason behind this improvement is that the country’s potential growth is increasing. We derive an estimate of the potential growth rate, defined as the growth consistent with a constant unemployment rate, through ...

  This paper analyzes why the Philippines’ growth performance has improved significantly in recent years. As in the medium to long term actual growth adjusts to potential, we posit that the reason behind this improvement is that the country’s potential ...
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  Labor Market Regulations in the Context of Structural Transformation 

  Ranjan, Priya; Hasan, Rana; Eleazar, Erik Jan (Asian Development Bank, 2018-04-15)

  This paper constructs a theoretical model to study labor market regulations in developing countries within the context of structural transformation. When workers are risk averse and the market for insurance against labor income risk is missing, regulations that provide insurance to workers (such as severance payments) are efficiency enhancing and promote structural transformation. However, regulations ...

  This paper constructs a theoretical model to study labor market regulations in developing countries within the context of structural transformation. When workers are risk averse and the market for insurance against labor income risk is missing, regulations ...

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