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Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …

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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We use rich firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward...

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Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new...

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Self-Employment and Wage Earning: Hungary During Transition

Co, Catherine Y.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

We examine the earnings determinants of the self-employed and wage earners in Hungary in the mid-1990's, taking into account two forms of selection: selection into working or nonworking for every individual in our sample and selection into self-employment or wageearning jobs for workers only....

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We use firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). Providing evidence from a larger...

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Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

With fortuitously timed data – collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria – we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...

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Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … innovation. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more in innovation …

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Peter, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia’s 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998- 2004. Utilizing...

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