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Education, corruption and growth in developing countries

Van, Cuong Le; Maurel, Mathilde - HAL - 2006

education, what can explain the missing growth in developing countries ? Corruption, the poor enforcement of property rights … bad institutions have on growth, but few are examining the link between education, corruption (more generally bad … institutions) and growth. Our model assumes that at low level of GDP per head and high level of corruption education spending has …

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On the Determinants of Exchange Rate Misalignments

Saadaoui, Jamel; Mazier, Jacques; Aflouk, Nabil - HAL - 2013

The literature on exchange rate misalignments is very extensive as well as the literature on exchange rate determinants. To our knowledge, however, no study has analyzed the determinants of exchange rate misalignments. As huge capital inflows have been pouring into emerging countries since the...

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On the Determinants of Exchange Rate Misalignments

Saadaoui, Jamel; Mazier, Jacques; Aflouk, Nabil - HAL - 2013

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Gender Wage Gaps across Skills and Trade Openness

Yahmed, Sarra Ben - HAL - 2012

Several empirical studies have shown that the effect of openness on the gender wage gap depends on the skill requirement of the workplace. This paper offers a theoretical explanation to understand that finding. We integrate a statistical discrimination framework with the labour assignment...

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Gender Wage Discrimination and Trade Openness. Prejudiced employers in an open industry

Yahmed, Sarra Ben - HAL - 2012

International trade has been expected to reduce the gender wage gap by increasing competition and thus reducing the rents that allow employers to discriminate. However, some empirical assessments find an opposite effect. We provide an explanation for the puzzling result that trade openness...

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The impact of economic geography on wages: Disentangling the channels of influence

Hering, Laura; Poncet, Sandra - HAL - 2009

This paper evaluates the role of economic geography in explaining regional wages in China. It investigates the extent to which market proximity can explain the evolution of wages, and through which channels. We construct a complete indicator of market access at the provincial level from data on...

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On the Determinants of Exchange Rate Misalignments

Saadaoui, Jamel; Mazier, Jacques; Aflouk, Nabil - HAL - 2011

The literature on exchange rate misalignments (ERM) is very extensive as well as the literature on exchange rate determinants. To our knowledge, however, no study has analyzed the determinants of exchange rate misalignments. With the increasing movements of capital flows observed since the...

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Human capital investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico

Winters, Paul; Chiodi, Vera - HAL - 2008

By focusing on human capital investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behavior as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyze the economic activities of...

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Tax exemptions and rural development: Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Behaghel, Luc; Lorenceau, Adrien; Quantin, Simon - HAL - 2012

This paper provides quasi-experimental (RDD) estimates of the impact of a tax credit program targeted at less densely populated areas. The program was launched in the mid 1990s in rural France and includes corporate and payroll tax exemptions. Variations over time and across rm types allow...

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Social Fragmentation and Public Goods Revisiting the Olson's Effect in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Bros, Catherine - HAL - 2009

A vast recent literature has stressed social fragmentation's negative impact on the provision of public goods. This is a key issue, given that public goods availability has been reckoned as crucial to economic development, while developing countries' societies often exhibit high degrees of...

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