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Explaining Productivity Differentials in Eastern European Agriculture: Efficiency or Class Structure ?
Arcand, Jean-Louis; Borodak, Daniela - HAL - 2011
This paper considers whether it is differences in technical efficiency or differences in factor endowments that explain productivity differentials in Moldovan agriculture. We compute non-parametric measures of technical efficiency for a sample of Moldovan small-holders using the four-step Data...
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Knowledge Coherence, Variety and economic Growth: Manufacturing Evidence from Italian Regions
Quatraro, Francesco - HAL - 2010
This paper elaborates a view on knowledge as a result of a combinatorial search activity, so as to investigate its effects on economic growth at the regional level. Empirical estimations corroborate the hypothesis that knowledge coherence and variety, besides the traditional measure of knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010569153
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Knowledge Structure and Regional Economic Growth: The French case
Quatraro, Francesco - HAL - 2011
The paper investigate the effects of knowledge on economic growth at the regional level Methodology approach: We elaborate a view on knowledge as the result of a combinatorial search activity and implement indicators synthesizing the network architecture of knowledge structure Findings:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898708
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Payments for ecological restoration and rural labor migration in China: The Sloping Land Conversion Program in Ningxia
Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - HAL - 2012
This paper analyses the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598205
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FDI convergence and Spatial Dependence between Chinese Provinces
Tanimoune, Nasser Ary; Renard, Mary-Françoise - HAL - 2011
This study aims at investigating the spatial dimension of the FDI. Considering the distribution of FDI between the provinces, our purpose is the spatial dependency that may be observed. Using data for 1992-2002, we find that taking into account the regional specification induces significant FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855837
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What is the Role of Openness for China's Environment? An Analysis Based on Divisia Decomposition Method From the Regional Angle
He, Jie - HAL - 2011
into the detailed data of production and SO2 emission intensity of China's 29 industrial sectors (occupying over 98% of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855844
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Migrations et discriminations professionnelles dans la province du Guangdong
Batisse, Cécile; Zhu, Nong - HAL - 2011
integration of rural migrants into the urban labor market has become an essential economic issue in today's China. In the context … of economic reforms, policies affecting migration in continental China have been redefined, which therefore greatly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871221
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Health Insurance Reform and Efficiency of Township Hospitals in Rural China: An Analysis from Survey Data
Audibert, Martine; Huang, Xiao Xian; Mathonnat, Jacky; … - HAL - 2012
In the rural health-care organization of China, township hospitals ensure the delivery of basic medical services … also that in the context of China, the efficiency of township hospitals is influenced by unobservable factors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001268
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Transboundary Pollution in China: A Study of Polluting Firms' Location Choices in Hebei Province
Duvivier, Chloe; Xiong, Hang - HAL - 2011
disproportionately suffer from pollution. In China, where the environmental policy is decentralized and where environmental conflicts … studies focused on developed countries. In this paper, we study whether transboundary pollution problems exist in China. To do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132770
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Confucianism and its implications for industrial relations in China
Laulusa, Leon - HAL - 2008
This study aims to examine the impact of Confucian values on industrial relations in China. The existing literature … suggests that these values have a significant influence on industrial relations in China. Authors commonly report that Chinese … industrial relations are peculiar and different from those found in some Western counties. Particularly, in China, trade unions …
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