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No more cutting class? : reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance

Rogers, F. Halsey - 2009

"Expanding and improving basic education in developing countries requires, at a minimum, teachers who are present in the classroom and motivated to teach, but this essential input is often missing. This paper describes the findings of a series of recent World Bank and other studies on teacher...

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Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds : evidence from oda infrastructure procurement

Estache, Antonio - 2009

"Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However, the degree of competition realized is closely related...

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Energy demand models for policy formulation : a comparative study of energy demand models

Bhattacharyya, Subhes C. - 2009

"This paper critically reviews existing energy demand forecasting methodologies highlighting the methodological diversities and developments over the past four decades in order to investigate whether the existing energy demand models are appropriate for capturing the specific features of...

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Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market : a dynamic approach

Neagu, Ileana Cristina - 2009

"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...

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Entrepreneurship in post-conflict transition : the role of informality and access to finance

Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009

"The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World … activity. The analysis identifies individuals that switched to self-employment (employers and own account) during the sample … in self-employment. After controlling for household wealth, having an existing bank relationship increases the likelihood …

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Race, immigration, and the U.S. labor market : contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks

Walque, Damien de - 2008

Series data for the 2000 Census. Among women and for labor market outcomes such as labor force participation, employment, and … Blacks. Among men, for labor force participation and employment, foreign-born Blacks are doing better than native Blacks. The …

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The place premium : wage differences for identical workers across the US border

Clemens, Michael A. - 2008

formal-sector wage-earners in 43 countries. The paper then uses five independent methods to correct these estimates for … unobserved differences and introduces a selection model to estimate how migrants' wage gains depend on their position in the … distribution of unobserved wage determinants. Following all adjustments for selectivity and compensating differentials, the authors …

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Quantifying the value of U.S. tariff preferences for developing countries

Dean, Judith Myrle - 2006

"In recent debates, trade preference erosion has been viewed by some as damaging to developing countries, and by others as insignificant, except in a few cases. But little data have been available to back either view. The objective of this paper is to improve our measures of the size,...

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On the financial sustainability of earnings-related pension schemes with "pay-as-you-go" financing and the role of government indexed bonds

Robalino, David A. - 2006

"In this paper the authors reconsider the idea of an earnings-related pension system with reserves invested in indexed government bonds as a mechanism to both ensure financial sustainability and improve security. They start by reviewing the characterization of the sustainable rate of return of...

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Promoting access to primary equity markets : a legal and regulatory approach

Grose, Claire - 2006

"This paper examines legal and regulatory measures that can be taken to promote access to the primary market in emerging market economies. While capital market development depends on many factors including, primarily, a favorable macroeconomic environment, an appropriately designed and effective...

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