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THE WAGE-PRICE CONTROL EXPERIMENT--DID IT WORK?

Feige, Edgar L.; Pearce, Douglas K. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper analyses the consequences of the Nixon Administration’s policy of wage-price controls and finds that the controls were essentially ineffective in reducing inflation.

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A tax-based incomes policy that removes sectoral labour market imbalances

Hare, Ian P. - EconWPA - 2003

A modified version of a tax-based incomes policy (TIP) incentive tax is proposed that retains the aggregate wage-restraining effect of the tax proposed by Jackman and Layard, but in addition should help to speed the elimination of unemployment that results from the slow response of relative...

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Rebuilding the State in Areas Affected by Political Violence: The Case of Rural Communities in Ayacucho, Peru

Velazco, Jackeline - EconWPA - 2004

During the 1980s, the Peruvian society was deeply affected by two significant events: a) the economic crisis that ended in recession and hyperinflation and, b) the spread of political violence, in particular in Ayacucho, in the central Andean highlands. Taking this into account, the conditions...

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Returns to Education, Child Labor, & Schooling in India

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana - EconWPA - 2004

offer evidence that children's participation in child labor and schooling responds to economic returns to education in India …

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The Determinants of Economic Well-being:An Application in the Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of economic well-being. We provide a methodology to compute well-being by aggregating different socio-economic dimensions with factor analysis technique. We also estimate quality of good governance (using latent variable approach) and a...

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Economic Growth, Well-Being and Governance under Economic Reforms: Evidence from Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

differential level of development performance across states in India during the last two decades. …

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ECONOMICS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLING INDUSTRY IN KOHIMA, NAGALAND (INDIA)

Mishra, SK; Rio, K - EconWPA - 2005

The enterprise of running private schools has of late assumed the nature of an industry in India. Ever … investment together have contributed to the viability of this industry. In Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland (India), there …

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Poverty, Dietary Imbalance and Sickness among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very short …

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Half a World: Regional inequality in five great federations

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …

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Nutritional Aspects of Poverty among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

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