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Biofuel Subsidies: An Open-Economy Analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497008
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The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Kugler, Maurice; Verhoogen, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
predicted and observed correlations between export status and input and output prices are similar to those for plant size. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030891
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Immigration and Outsourcing: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in response to market conditions) and through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566370
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Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
of income and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm …'s innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and hence to catch up to the technological frontiers. This negative effect is amplified as financial constraints force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592859
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China in Light of the Performance of Central and East European Economies
Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
While China shared many systemic, initial conditions with the transition economies of Central-East Europe (CEE) and the … CEE and CIS countries. Unlike most of the CEE and CIS economies, China adopted a strategy of gradual economic … transformation that maintained the existing system and created new economic activities on top of it. This enabled China to avoid the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703201
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A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012889
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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market
Fields, Gary S.; Song, Yang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture – and China's unique household registration …
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Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence
Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
To what extent are improvements in quality of life (material living levels, health, education, political and civil rights, happiness, and the like) associated with economic growth? International comparisons of quality of life (QoL) conditions almost always point to a strong positive association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703354
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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Only a few large, nationally-representative datasets include information on both the owner and the business. We briefly describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses. More information including estimates of recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822482
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Happiness Inequality in the United States
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s. There have been large changes in the level of happiness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822578