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South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822808
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the population’s desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466010
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
the top of that distribution. It is shown that the economy switches from a Victorian to an SATC equilibrium as inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
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Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with … institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703417
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De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168626
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Legal Corruption, Politically Connected Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market … institutions that do not punish political corruption result in political connectedness of firms that in turn has a negative effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884312
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Emigration, Remittances and Corruption Experience of Those Staying Behind
Ivlevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the effects of emigration and remittances on the corruption experience of migrant household members staying … in the countries of origin. We hypothesize that the effects of emigration on corruption can be both positive (via migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959534
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Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland
Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273182
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Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci; Altindag, Duha T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
per diem compensation increases it. We also show that corruption in home country has a negative effect on attendance for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278190
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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a panel of 70 countries for the period 1994-2002. Our results show … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761625