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Does the shadow economy raise observed aggregate efficiency? A cross-country comparison
Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, Friedrich G.; … - 2006
We analyze how adding the shadow economy to official output figures affects technical efficiency. We find that this only slightly affects the ranking of efficiency scores, but increases average efficiency. Our results are robust to the functional form of the production technology and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294534
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The Devil is in the Shadow Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity
Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, … - 2008
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301417
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Is there an income gradient in child health? It depends whom you ask
Johnston, David W.; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen E.; … - 2010
determinants of health. If how parents perceive health questions differs by income or education level, then estimates of the … the different reports for the estimated income gradient. We find that respondents frequently evaluate children differently … and while the sign of the income gradient is in the same direction across respondents, systematic differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269821
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The devil is in the shadow :do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity?
Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, … - 2007
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276603
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The devil is in the shadow: Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity?
Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, Friedrich - 2007
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277763
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Is there an income gradient in child health? It depends whom you ask
Johnston, David W.; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen E.; … - 2010
turn results in systematic differences in the estimated magnitude and significance of the health-income gradient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288964
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Is corruption an efficient grease?
Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Weill, Laurent - 2008
This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for a panel of 54 developed and developing countries. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148564
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Measuring Income Risk
Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Jenkins, Stephen P.; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
importance of demographic factors as asource of income risk. We also propose new measures of the contribution tototal income risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008733210
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An Economic Model of Household Income Dynamics,with an Application to Poverty Dynamics amongAmerican Women
Burgess, Simon M.; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998
) household income dynamics. This is largelybecause of the difficulties created by the fact that on top of the humancapital issues … proposesa framework for modelling household income dynamics. it emphasisesthe role of household formation and dissolution, and …, income and poverty dynamics.We illustrate this framework with an application to poverty rates amongyoung women in the US. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756563
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Understanding the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes: a decomposition analysis
Gregg, Paul; Propper, Carol; Washbrook, Elizabeth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
In this paper we explore the association between family income and children’s cognitive ability (IQ and school … characteristics and home environments of low income children in accounting for different outcomes. Using rich cohort data from the UK … psychological functioning. We also find some some aspects of the environment of higher income households hinder child development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353981