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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 … regulatory infrastructure can mitigate the gap in PC and Internet use. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822834
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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis
Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233841
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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...
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Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?
Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
with a labor market regulation are the driving forces of the shadow economy. Furthermore, the results show that the shadow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703821
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MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Buehn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762169
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822371
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763510
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480918
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How Do Drug Prices Respond to a Change from External to Internal Reference Pricing? Evidence from a Danish Regulatory Reform
Kaiser, Ulrich; Méndez, Susan J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study the effects of a change in the way patient reimbursements are calculated on the prices of pharmaceuticals using quasi-experimental data for Denmark which switched from external (where reimbursements are based on prices of similar products in foreign countries) to internal reference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125878
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Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices: Evidence from a Reference Price Reform in Denmark
Kaiser, Ulrich; Méndez, Susan J.; Rønde, Thomas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an "external" (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an "internal" (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128033