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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Bargain, Olivier; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper is one of the first comprehensive attempts to compare earnings in urban China and India over the recent … levels in China and significantly accentuates the reversal of the wage gap in favour of this country for the first half of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761863
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Income vs. Consumption Inequality in South Korea: Evaluating Stochastic Dominance Rankings by Various Household Attributes
Heshmati, Almas; Rudolf, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Using four rounds (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008) of the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS), this article examines determinants of household income and consumption levels and inequalities. Unconditional as well as conditional stochastic dominance (SD) tests are performed by year, by household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764594
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Determinants of Financial Rewards from Industry-University Collaboration in South Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The external circumstances for universities have been changing rapidly. In order to be competitive, survive, and flourish, universities have shown a growing enthusiasm to generate financial revenues externally. The literature refers to this phenomenon as academic capitalism, defined as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764601
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Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil
Chioda, Laura; Mello, João M. P. de; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652098
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Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283566
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The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon
Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283573
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Are Wage and Employment Effects Robust to Alternative Minimum Wage Variables?
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many minimum wage variables with regional variation have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761644
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Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil
Kruger, Diana; Soares, Rodrigo R.; Berthelon, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
identified. We apply our model to Brazil and use agricultural shocks to local economic activity (coffee and overall agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761678
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
sectors in Brazil and in Latin America more generally. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761841