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Complementarity and Custom in Contract Violation
Earle, John S.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006
We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer's costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...
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Inmigración y cuidados de mayores en la Comunidad de Madrid
 … - Fundación BBVA
La presente monografía muestra una mirada sobre los cuidados de las personas mayores ofrecidos por cuidadoras inmigrantes en el ámbito familiar en Madrid, en un mercado informal. A ello se llega a través de los discursos proporcionados por los actores que intervienen en ese proceso, las...
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The Impacts of Economic Reforms on Efficiency Improvement and Technological Progress in Indian Manufacturing
Saravanakumar, Muthusamy; Kim, Taegi - In: Journal of Developing Areas 46 (2012) 1, pp. 315-329
This paper applied the Malmquist productivity index in order to estimate total factor productivity growth and its components (efficiency change and technological progress) in Indian manufacturing during the pre- and post-reform periods. The results illustrate that the economic reforms have not...
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China’s Great Convergence and Beyond
Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Annual Review of Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 333-362
A recent wave of economic research has studied the transformation of China from a poor country in the 1970s to a middle-income economy today. Based on this literature, we discuss the factors driving China’s development process. We provide a historical account of China’s rise, fall, and...
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Chapter 22 Economics of Conflict: An Overview
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 649-709). 2007
accumulation and innovation are distorted in the presence of conflict; and the role of governance in conflict management. …
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Inequality and Institutions
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a model in which the two dynamically reinforce each other and set to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. We establish the double causality between...
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Defining governance matters: A factor analytic assessment of governance institutions
Givens, David - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 4, pp. 1026-1053
This paper produces a new set of governance indices that enable estimation of the marginal economic benefits of … particular categories of governance. The indices are constructed using a factor model, estimated on forty perceptions …-based governance variables from eleven data sources. In contrast to previous research, a unified statistical framework is used to …
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Quantitative evidence on transparency in regional trade agreements
Lejárraga, Iza; Shepherd, Ben - 2013
consistent with a view that strengthening governance and regulatory capacities can contribute to a broader diffusion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775462
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Quantitative Evidence on Transparency in Regional Trade Agreements
Lejárraga, Iza; Shepherd, Ben - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
consistent with a view that strengthening governance and regulatory capacities can contribute to a broader diffusion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277119
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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy
Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...
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