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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in … imply that roughly half of India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be …

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Water Nationalization: network access, water quality, and health outcomes

Borraz, Fernando; González, Nicolás; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

In the case of natural monopolies there tends to be a trade-off between a higher quality of output provided by private firms, and a better access for poor consumers provided by public firms. This is partly the reflection of differences in objectives by private and public firms. The former tend...

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Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism?

Anagol, Santosh; Etang, Alvin; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. We estimate that when valuing labor at market … livestock if economic returns are negative, or are these estimates wrong? We discuss potential explanations, including labor … market failures, for why livestock investments may persist. …

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The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...

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Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...

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Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital

A'Hearn, Brian; Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

estimates with exceptional geographic and temporal coverage, and demonstrate a robust correlation of literacy and numeracy …

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The Democratic Transition

Murtin, Fabrice; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with...

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Factor-GMM Estimation with Large Sets of Possibly Weak Instruments

Kapetanios, George; Marcellino, Massimiliano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

weak. Theoretical results, simulation experiments and empirical applications highlight the relevance of Factor-GMM …

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Gun Prevalence, Homicide Rates and Causality: A GMM Approach to Endogeneity Bias

Kleck, Gary; Kovandzic, Tomislav; Schaffer, Mark E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

-protection), mismeasurement of gun levels, and omitted/confounding variables - and show how the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) can provide an …

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Foreign Direct Investment, Competitive Pressure and Spillovers. An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Firm Level Data

Sembenelli, Alessandro; Siotis, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

A short review of the theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that foreign direct investment (FDI) has the potential to increase the intensity of competition as well as to act as a channel for technology transfers. One would expect, all else equal, an increase in average firm performance...

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