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The Implications of Capital-Skill Complementarity in Economies with Large Informal Sectors
Amaral, Pedro S.; Quintin, Erwan - EconWPA - 2003
In most developing nations, formal workers tend to be more experienced and educated than informal workers, a fact often interpreted as evidence that low-skill workers face barriers to entry into the formal sector. Yet, there exists little direct evidence that labor markets are segmented in those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126470
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UNDERGROUND ACTIVITY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: PRODUCTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND PREDATORY BEHAVIOR IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2003
are characterized by a fundamental inconsistency between formal and informal institutions. When formal and informal rules … the new institutional economics is on the consequences of institutions--the rules that structure and constrain economic …. Institutions therefore do affect economic performance, but it is not always obvious which institutional rules dominate. Where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062456
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CRECIMIENTO, INSTITUCIONES Y CONVERGENCIA EN MEXICO CONSIDERANDO A LA FRONTERA NORTE
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062522
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CRECIMIENTO, INSTITUCIONES Y CONVERGENCIA EN MEXICO CONSIDERANDO A LA FRONTERA NORTE
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Celaya, Diana - EconWPA - 2004
institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407867
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The Economic Growth Effects of NAFTA in the Northern Border of Mexico
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413001
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El TLCAN y el Crecimiento Economico de la Frontera Norte de Mexico.
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119236
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THE WAGE-PRICE CONTROL EXPERIMENT--DID IT WORK?
Feige, Edgar L.; Pearce, Douglas K. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyses the consequences of the Nixon Administration’s policy of wage-price controls and finds that the controls were essentially ineffective in reducing inflation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561070