The study assesses the impact of privatization on employment and output in Pakistan by using edible oil and cement … privatization for total and workers' employment. It is positive, though statistically insignificant, for managers' employment and … analysis, and allows us to assess the policy implications of adopting privatization. At the empirical level, the study uses a …

This paper presents a general equilibrium model of interenterprise arrears, characterized by n-stage production … reflect substantial business risks in those countries and that rapid privatization and commercialization may contribute to a …

employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has … positive effects, and the effects of domestic privatization tend to be larger in countries with a more competitive business …

environment around the time of the Arab Spring and the extent to which these constraints affected their employment performance … to electricity are found to explain a significant part of the lack of employment growth in MENA firms compared to their …

likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local … sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor stores is higher significantly in jurisdictions with higher sales tax … stores and shopping centers. We also find that the effect of local sales taxes on big box and anchor store retail employment …