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The Territorial Dynamics Of Innovation In China And India

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Storper, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …. Innovative areas in China, rather than generate knowledge spillovers, seem to produce strong backwash effects. In India, by …

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Labour Supply in the Informal Economy in Russia during Transition

Kolev, Alexandre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper investigates the informal labour market in Russia in late 1995 and estimates a labour supply function in the informal sector using nationally representative micro-data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Round VI. The findings show that the informal economy constitutes a...

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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

What happens when a previously uncovered labour market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no statistically significant effects on the intensive or...

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Inequality and Informality

Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which it is positively related to income inequality, more so under weak institutions, and is negatively related to the economy's wealth. These predictions are...

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Growth and Labour Markets in Developing Countries

Satchi, Mathan; Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In middle-income countries, the informal sector often accounts for a substantial fraction of urban employment. We develop a general equilibrium model with matching frictions in the urban labour market, the possibility of self-employment in the informal sector, and scope for rural-urban...

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The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization

Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper studies the relationship between trade liberalization and informality. It is often claimed that increased foreign competition in developing countries leads to an expansion of the informal sector, defined as the sector that does not comply with labour market legislation. Using data...

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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labour, Firm Size and Firm Performance

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and firm performance. Using firm level data on employment, capita, and output, census data on informal employment at the city level, and administrative data on enforcement of...

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Informality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses

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

? These are the questions which motivate this broad based survey and overview of informality, with particular focus on India. …

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Trade linkages and the globalisation of inflation in Asia and the Pacific

Auer, Raphael; Mehrotra, Aaron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Some observers argue that increased real integration has led to greater co-movement of prices internationally. We examine the evidence for cross-border price spillovers among economies participating in the pan-Asian cross-border production networks. Starting with country-level data, we find that...

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Globalization and the Evolution of the Supply Chain: Who Gains and Who Loses?

Fujita, Masahisa; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper focuses on two distinct facets of globalization: the decrease in the trade costs of goods and the decline of communication costs between headquarters and production facilities within firms. When the unskilled have about the same wage in the two regions, the decrease of these costs...

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