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Margaret S. McMillan

Margaret S. McMillan

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
39
Citations
10930
World Ranking
2368
National Ranking
1344

Overview

Margaret S. McMillan is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research work is grounded primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with an emphasis on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as aspects of Business, Management and Accounting covering Strategy and Management, Accounting, and Public Administration.

Their scholarly contributions address several core topics, including:

  • Global trade and economics
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • International Business and Foreign Direct Investment
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Margaret S. McMillan's publication record includes research articles in various academic venues. Notable papers include:

  • "Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa," published in 2022 in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms," published in 2022 in Research Square (Research Square)
  • "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," published in 2020 in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "U.S. Multinational Activity Abroad and U.S. Jobs: Substitutes or Complements?" published in 2022 in Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • "Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms," published in 2024 in The World Bank Economic Review

Their work has been recognized in the context of book publications, including a contribution to the book titled "Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa," published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2023.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ann Harrison
  • Mia Ellis
  • Albert Zeufack
  • Dani Rodrik
  • Xinshen Diao

Margaret S. McMillan's articles have appeared extensively in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have multiple publications, as well as The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Research Square (Research Square), The World Bank Economic Review, and Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society.

Best Publications

  • Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth

    Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik

  • Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers using the Current Population Surveys

    Avraham Ebenstein;Ann E Harrison;Margaret S McMillan;Shannon Phillips

  • Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa

    Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Íñigo Verduzco-Gallo

  • Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the current population surveys

    Avraham Ebenstein;Ann Harrison;Margaret McMillan;Shannon Phillips

  • Climate and Scale in Economic Growth

    William A. Masters;Margaret S. McMillan

  • Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints

    Ann E. Harrison;Inessa Love;Margaret S. McMillan

  • Does direct foreign investment affect domestic firms credit constraints

    Ann E. Harrison;Margaret S. McMillan

  • Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment

    Ann Harrison;Margaret McMillan

  • WHEN ECONOMIC REFORM GOES WRONG: CASHEWS IN MOZAMBIQUE *

    Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Karen Horn Welch

  • Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies

    Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Claudia Sepulveda

  • WHAT IS DRIVING THE ‘AFRICAN GROWTH MIRACLE’?

    Margaret S McMillan;Kenneth Harttgen

  • What is driving the African Growth Miracle

    Margaret McMillan;Kenneth Harttgen

  • Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment

    Ann E Harrison;Margaret S McMillan

  • Recent Perspectives on Trade and Inequality

    Ann Harrison;John McLaren;Margaret McMillan

  • Recent perspectives on trade and inequality

    Ann Harrison;John McLaren;Margaret McMillan

  • When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique

    Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Karen Horn Welch

  • When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique

    Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Karen Horn Welch

  • The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural Change Perspective

    Xinshen Diao;Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik

  • Recent Findings on Trade and Inequality

    Ann Harrison;John McLaren;Margaret S. McMillan

  • Introduction – Understanding Structural Transformation in Africa

    Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Derek Headey

  • Outsourcing Jobs? Multinationals and US Employment

    Ann E. Harrison;Margaret S. McMillan

  • Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana

    Dean Karlan;Ed Kutsoati;Margaret McMillan;Chris Udry

  • Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia

    James Levinsohn;Margaret McMillan

  • The World Bank Economic Review 31 (2)

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Heather M. Leslie;Austen Mack-Crane;Sriniketh Suryasesha Nagavarapu

  • Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies

    Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Claudia Sepulveda

  • Recent Perspectives on Trade and Inequality

    Ann E. Harrison;Ann E. Harrison;John McLaren;John McLaren;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan

  • Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys

    Avraham Y. Ebenstein;Avraham Y. Ebenstein;Ann E. Harrison;Ann E. Harrison;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Margaret McMillan;Shannon Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann E. Harrison
Ann E. Harrison University of California, Berkeley
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik Harvard University
Xinshen Diao
Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute
William A. Masters
William A. Masters Tufts University
James A. Levinsohn
James A. Levinsohn Yale University
Inessa Love
Inessa Love University of Hawaii at Manoa
Derek Headey
Derek Headey International Food Policy Research Institute
Christopher Udry
Christopher Udry Northwestern University
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
John J. Shea
John J. Shea Stony Brook University

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