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Which Human Capital Matters for Rich and Poor’s Wages? Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data from Tunisia

Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2004

effects in wage equations fo studying the effect of education. It also provides a human capital interpretation of these firm … matched structure of the data. Wage regressions including the computed factors confirm tha human capital is associated with …, the poor benefit from working in the textile sector in terms of wages unlike the middle and high wage workers. …

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Skill Mismatch and Migration in Egypt and Tunisia

Nordman, Christophe Jalil; David, Anda Mariana - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

The objective of this paper is to shed light on the issue of skill mismatch in the context of return migration in Egypt and Tunisia. Using data on both return and potential migrants in Egypt and Tunisia, we analyze the skills that migrants acquire before and during migration and the way these...

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Trade, Technology and the Demand for Skills in Tunisia, 1998–2002

Ghazali, Monia - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

rise in wage inequality, the role played by trade in this trend remains a matter of debate. Using a firm-level database … analysis is based on the estimation of an employment-share equation. Controlling for potential endogeneity issues, the results …

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Simulating Targeted Policies with Macro Impacts: Poverty Alleviation Policies in Madagascar

Cogneau, Denis; Robilliard, Anne-Sophie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

We present the framework of a macro-micro simulation model for the study of the impact of economic policies on income distribution and monetary poverty in Madagascar. Modelling options and choices are discussed for the micro-economic module and for the macro-micro linkages. Econometric...

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More Jobs for University Graduates: Some Policy Options for Tunisia

Marouani, Mohamed Ali - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

unemployment through a multisectoral efficiency wage setting mechanism. The main finding is that a wage subsidy targeted at highly … skilled intensive sectors is more effective than tax reductions or investment subsidies. However, wage subsidies are not …

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Within-Firm Human Capital Externalities in Tunisia

Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

capital in worker remuneration. The estimated returns to human capital in wage equations remain unchanged when the dummies …

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Nepal: development performance and prospects

Huang, Yukon (contributor) - 1983 - [2. print.]

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Pesticide poisoning of farm workers : implications of blood test results from Vietnam

Dasgupta, Susmita - 2005

"In this paper, the authors have assessed the incidence and determinants of pesticide poisoning among rice farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Blood cholinesterase tests suggest that the incidence of poisoning from exposure to organophosphates and carbamates is quite high in Vietnam. Using the...

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Involving workers in East Asia's growth

1996

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World Development Report 1995 : Workers in an Integrating World

1995

This eighteenth annual report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what domestic labor market policies can do to establish a more equitable distribution of income, greater job security,...

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