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Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality

Basu, Arnab K; Chau, Nancy H; Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in …

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Informality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses

Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

A stylized prediction of the development economics discourse is that informality will disappear with development. And … yet in the last twenty years conventional measures of informality, far from declining, have either remained stagnant or … have actually increased. What exactly is informality and what are its magnitudes and trends? What are the causes of …

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Poor Countries or Poor People? Development Assistance and the New Geography of Global Poverty

Kanbur, Ravi; Sumner, Andy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Two decades ago, 93% of the world’s poor lived in countries officially classified as Low Income (LICs). Now, 72% of the world’s poor live in Middle Income Countries (MICs). The dramatic shift has been brought about by fast growth in a number of countries with large populations. On present...

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Civil War, Public Goods and the Social Wealth of Nations

Kanbur, Ravi; Pottebaum, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper establishes and explores the implications of a somewhat surprising empirical finding. Although civil war adversely affects the performance of social indicators in general, poorer countries lose less, in absolute and relative terms, than richer countries. It is argued that the...

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Do Public Work Schemes Deter or Encourage Outmigration? Empirical Evidence from China

Chau, Nancy H; Kanbur, Ravi; Qin, Yu - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

How does the introduction of rural public work schemes impact individual incentives to migrate? This paper examines this question in the context of rural public work program (Yigong-daizhen) in China, and unveils empirical evidence that suggest that the introduction of Yigong-daizhen projects in...

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Spatial Inequality in Education and Health Care in China

Kanbur, Ravi; Zhang, Xiaobo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

While increasing income inequality in China has been commented on and studied extensively, relatively little analysis is available on inequality in other dimensions of human development. Using data from different sources, this Paper presents some basic facts on the evolution of spatial...

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