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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 … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

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Productivity and the Welfare of Nations

Basu, Susanto; Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We show that the welfare of a country's infinitely-lived representative consumer is summarized, to a first order, by total factor productivity and by the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare changes within a country, as well as welfare differences across...

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The Continued Search for the Solow Residual: The Role of National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Acs, Zoltan J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...

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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...

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Shadow Economies around the World: What Do We Know?

Schneider, Friedrich; Klinglmair, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1999-2000 in developing countries is 41%, in transition countries 38% and...

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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

economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. Finally, the various …

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The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003

Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Using the DYMIMIC approach, estimates of the shadow economy in 145 developing, transition, developed OECD countries, South Pacific islands and still communist countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 2002/2003 in developing countries is...

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Does Labor Diversity Affect Firm Productivity?

Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Pozzoli, Dario; Pytlikova, Mariola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a matched employer-employee data-set, we analyze how workforce diversity in terms of cultural background, education and demographic characteristics affects the productivity of firms in Denmark. Implementing a structural estimation of the firms' production function (Ackerberg et al. 2006),...

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Wage Effects of High-Skilled Migration: International Evidence

Grossmann, Volker; Stadelmann, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper argues that international migration of high-skilled workers triggers productivity effects at the macro level such that the wage rate of skilled workers may rise in host countries and decline in source countries. We exploit a recent data set on international bilateral migration flows...

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Total Factor Productivity Growth and Job Turnover in Mexican Manufacturing Plants in the 1990s

Calderon-Madrid, Angel; Voicu, Alexandru - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper analyzes the performance of Mexican manufacturing firms following trade liberalization within a very specific institutional setting: The North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA). We compare plants' productivity growth and patterns of job creation and destruction across their...

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