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Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications

Andonova, Veneta; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of … offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development. …

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Optimal Fiscal Devaluation

Langot, François; Patureau, Lise; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We study fiscal devaluation in a small-open economy with labor market search frictions. Our analysis shows the key role of both dimensions in shaping the optimal tax scheme. By reducing labor market distortions, the tax reform is welfare-improving. Yet, as it makes imports more expensive, fiscal...

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Telecommunications Dynamics, Output and Employment

Jungmittag, Andre; Welfens, Paul J.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital … services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic … production function is the analytical starting point for our interdependent analysis of output, use of telecommunications and …

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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition

Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures. These same attributes have been associated with rising …

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Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?

Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jimenez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of...

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

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The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment

May, Nils G.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Globally installed wind power capacity has grown tremendously since 2000. This study focuses on the local economic impacts of wind power deployment. A theoretical model shows that wind power deployment is not necessarily driven by locally-accruing economic payoffs, but also by other factors such...

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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady-state level of output using the much exploited, familiar cross-country data in order to determine their quantitative importance and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a...

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Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism

Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...

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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature

Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...

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