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Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - EconWPA - 2002

The entire discussion about Globalisation that is prevalent today is about PSEUDO globalisation. It is apparently about opening economies for free trade. The need of the hour is not mere opening of economies, but one of opening hearts and minds.... Globalisation anchors for its success on the...

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Application of Economic Concepts on Religious Behavior

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This survey gathers the current state of research activity on the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. The religious beliefs and activities are analyzed from the viewpoint of economic theory and behavior. The advanced statistical tools and theoretical formulations of economic...

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Evaluer une Economie : Une Pratique Plurivalente

Yasmine, GUESSOUM - EconWPA - 2004

Très souvent perçue en tant qu’instrument de jugement a posteriori, l’évaluation a entre autre été conçue comme méthode de formulation des politiques et de gestion des projets. A présent devenu étape incontournable, notamment dans le domaine de l’aide à la décision, cette...

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Implications of the Economics of Religion to the Empirical Economic Research

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to secularization thesis, the importance of beliefs and religious activities should weaken as education, scientific knowledge and economic welfare increases. That hypothesis has been...

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The Academic Review Process: How Can We Make it More Efficient?

Azar, Ofer H. - EconWPA - 2005

Recently many editors try to reduce the turnaround times of academic journals. Shorter turnaround times, however, will induce many additional submissions of low-quality papers, increasing significantly the workload of editors and referees, and the number of rejections prior to publication. I...

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Human Capital in Transitional Russia

Vernon, Victoria - EconWPA - 2002

This paper applies parametric and nonparametric techniques to the most recent data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) 1992- 2000 and shows the returns to schooling increased over the course of transition, overall and for attainment cohorts neither at the top nor bottom of the...

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What's in a Name?

Aura, Saku; Hess, Gregory D. - EconWPA - 2004

Plenty. This paper analyzes two broad questions: Does your first name matter? And how did you get your first name anyway? Using data from the National Opinion Research Center’s (NORC's) General Social Survey, including access to respondent’s first names from the 1994 and 2002 surveys, we...

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The Economics of Child Labor: Comment

Swinnerton, Kenneth A.; Rogers, Carol Ann - EconWPA - 1999

to the labor market only if its income from sources other than child labor is very low. The second is embodied in their … also an essential macro-level assumption that may be termed the "distribution axiom:" income or wealth from non …-labor sources must be sufficiently concentrated in the hands of a few agents. We establish that if non-labor income is distributed …

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Chutes or Ladders? A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Earnings

Lubotsky, Darren - EconWPA - 2000

This study uses Social Security earnings records matched to recent cross-sections of the SIPP and CPS to study the earnings progress of U.S. immigrants.The data show that immigrants' earnings grow 10 to 13 percent during their first twenty years in the U.S. relative to the earnings of natives...

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Schooling and Parental Death

Gertler, Paul; Levine, David I.; Ames, Minnie - EconWPA - 2003

Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications. This study uses parametric and semi-nonparametric matching techniques to estimate how one human capital investment, school...

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