Shemelis Kebede Hundie
@ecsu.edu.et
School of Policy Studies
Ethiopian Civil Service University
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Energy, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science
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Shemelis Kebede Hundie and Daniel Tadesse Tulu
Informa UK Limited
Abstract In Ethiopia, the gender gap in financial inclusion is high, and the effect of socioeconomic variables on the gap is not well investigated. The main objective of this study is to investigate determinants of the financial inclusion gender gap in Ethiopia using the World Bank’s Global Findex database from 2017. Different decomposition techniques were employed to examine the effect of socioeconomic characteristics of individuals on the financial inclusion gender gap. The finding shows a statistically significant gender gap in all indicators of financial inclusion under study in Ethiopia. More specifically, males are 6.3%, 7%, 9.8%, 8.4 %, and 5.8% more likely to have a formal account, formal saving, formal borrowing, emergency fund, and debit card ownership, respectively. The result from the Daymont and Andrisani approach reveals that differences in socioeconomic characteristics between males and females explain the gender gap in formal saving, formal account ownership, debit card ownership, and emergency fund, while the gap in formal borrowing is attributed to differences in returns to these characteristics. Besides, the observed gender gap in all indicators of financial inclusion is explained by gender disparity in commitment in financial markets. Age, income, education, employment, and mobile ownership are determinants of the gender gap in financial inclusion in Ethiopia. Being older, more educated, employed, and having mobile, and wealthier favor financial inclusion, with age, employment, and education having a greater effect. Gender mainstreaming in economic activities to increase income, employment opportunities, and education for females to bridge the gender gap in financial inclusion is important.
Shemelis Kebede Hundie and Bane Biratu
Informa UK Limited
Abstract World coffee prices may have crucial implications on domestic prices of coffee. However, empirical evidence on the effect of world coffee prices on the price of coffee traded at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) is very scant. The main objective of this study is to analyze the response of the price of coffee traded at ECX to change in world coffee price. Monthly time series data ranging from July 2009 to June 2020 were used to address the objectives of this study. The result of the Kapetanios and Shin unit root test shows that majority of the series are stationary at first difference while some variables are stationary at level. The ARDL bounds test was applied to examine whether co-movement exists between the world coffee price and the price of coffee traded at ECX and the result reveals that the two prices are cointegrated. The nonlinear ARDL was applied to test the presence of asymmetric price transmission from the world coffee price to the ECX coffee price. The result reveals that there is an asymmetric price transmission both in the short-run and long-run. ECX coffee prices respond more to a positive shock in world coffee prices than a negative shock in the same variable. Results from the dynamic ARDL simulations reveal that a counterfactual shock in world coffee price has a long-lasting short-and long-term effect on ECX coffee price. The TY and frequency-domain Granger causality test results indicate that all variables except the exchange rate the world coffee price Granger cause ECX coffee price. The frequency-domain Granger causality test results show that world coffee price, economic growth, and money supply granger cause ECX coffee price in the long-run while trade openness and volume of coffee exported granger cause ECX coffee price in the short term. Policymakers should focus on improving competitiveness and transaction cost prevailing in the coffee market in Ethiopia.
Shemelis Kebede Hundie
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Shemelis Kebede Hundie and Megersa Debela Daksa
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Megersa Debela Daksa, Molla Alemayehu Yismaw, Sisay Diriba Lemessa, and Shemelis Kebede Hundie
Springer Science and Business Media LLC