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Economic Geography and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bosker, Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - CESifo - 2008
The physical or absolute geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is often blamed for its poor economic performance. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181360
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Racial Differences in Body-Mass Indices for Men Imprisoned in 19th Century US Prisons: A Multinomial Approach
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583681
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Credit Constraints, Quality, and Export Prices: Theory and Evidence from China
Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Li, Yao Amber - CESifo - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690383
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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853849
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Economic Growth in Africa: Comparing Recent Improvements with the "lost 1980s and early 1990s" and Estimating New Growth Trends
Leibfritz, Willi; Flaig, Gebhard - CESifo - 2013
In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past …. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost ground, Africa’s average per capita income declined. Since the mid … growth rates for Africa and several individual countries. We use the Hodrick-Prescott filter with different values for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641423
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The Twin Effects of Globalization - Evidence from a Sample of Indian Manufacturing Firms
Daveri, Francesco; Manasse, Paolo; Serra, Danila - CESifo - 2010
with globalization may be twin to each other. We provide statistical evidence of this so far neglected trade-off for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671733
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Globalization: A Woman's Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap
Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; … - CESifo - 2015
While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257669
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A 'Health Kuznets' Curve'? Cross-Country and Longitudinal Evidence
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Hernandez-Quevedo, Cristina; Sato, Azusa - CESifo - 2013
The distribution of income related health inequalities exhibits varying patterns when developing countries and developed countries are examined. One explanation is the existence of a health Kuznets’ curve. This paper sets out as an exploratory analysis to test the hypothesis of an inverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877671
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The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877842
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Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control: Theory and Evidence
Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - CESifo - 2011
There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. This paper introduces fairness in a tax-benefit scheme that is based on several characteristics in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009221559