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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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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education

Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...

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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration

Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality … generally very similar. Our results suggest that public investment in human capital, telecommunications infrastructure, and the …

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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence

Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country’s macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

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Doctors Without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico

Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …

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Structural Reforms and the Macroeconomy: The Role of General Equilibrium Effects

Gersbach, Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

We examine the macroeconomic consequences of industry wage bargaining and product market reforms. We suggest that general equilibrium effects may be important for the evaluation of industry-specific regulations. In particular, we suggest that the European unemployment problem can be traced back...

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Regulatory Barriers and Entry in Developing Economies

Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to ‘excessive’ entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a...

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A Retrospective Look at Rescuing and Restructuring General Motors and Chrysler

Goolsbee, Austan D.; Krueger, Alan B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper takes a retrospective look at the U.S. government's effort to rescue and restructure General Motors and Chrysler in the midst of the 2009 economic and financial crisis. The paper describes how two of the largest industrial companies in the world came to seek a bailout from the U.S....

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Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?

Fiori, Giuseppe; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

labor market regulation is high. Moreover, there is evidence in our sample that product market deregulation promotes labor …

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