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The effect of credit rationing on the shape of the competition-innovation relationship
Bena, Jan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
incentive effect of competition on innovation and the effect competition has on the degree of credit rationing. I find that the … levels of competition. These predictions are supported by empirical evidence: The competition-innovation relationship has an … developed financial systems. Innovation-enhancing policies implemented through competition reforms ought to be complemented by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745834
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Pay for performance where output is hard to measure: the case of performance pay for school teachers
Marsden, David; Belfield, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The introduction of performance-related pay with Performance Management in the state school sector of England and Wales represents a considerable change in the school management system. After 2000, all teachers were subject to annual goal setting performance reviews. Experienced teachers were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928638
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Wage differentials in Japan: 1958-85
Morishima, Michio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989
The market is a place where people behave quite relentlessly. If one person is selling a particular commodity at a higher price than others, no one will buy that commodity from him, however virtuous or merciful he is known to be. Of course, the actual world does not always work exactly in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928724
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Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia
Faguet, Jean-Paul; Sanchez, Fabio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
education outcomes. In Colombia, decentralization of education finance improved enrollment rates in public schools. In Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928741
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Ethnic diversity, mobility and school funding: theory and evidence from Kenya
Miguel, Ted - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper explores the relationship between ethnic diversity and local school funding in Kenyan primary schools. The empirical results paint a picture of pervasive local collective action problems in ethnically diverse Kenyan primary schools. Local ethnic diversity is robustly associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928787
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Anatomy of a health scare: education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK
Anderberg, Dan; Chevalier, Arnaud; Wadsworth, Jonathan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … a positive education gradient into a negative one. We also consider the response in terms of uptake of other childhood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744842
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The shifting balance of private and public welfare activity in the United Kingdom, 1979 to 2007
Edmiston, Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
updating the existing evidence with a snapshot of the welfare mix in 2007/2008 across five different welfare sectors: Education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744869
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Employment after motherhood: a European comparison
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
lowest rates of staying on in the labour market after childbearing. Higher education is a key explanatory factor of the …), education and part-time employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744883
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …
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Is child work necessary?
Bhalotra, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
concentrated on the income elasticity, but this tells us nothing other than that leisure (or education) is a normal good. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744915