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The causal effects of an industrial policy

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry G.; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. We exploit multiple changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a major program to support manufacturing jobs...

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The CEP-OECD institutions data set (1960-2004)

Nickell, William - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This dataset contains information about the evolution of labour market institutions in twenty OECD countries from 1960 to 2004. The countries in the sample are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,...

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Sheer class? The extent and sources of variation in the UK graduate earnings premium

Naylor, Robin; Smith, Jeremy; McKnight, Abigail - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

In this paper, we use the individual-level USR data for the whole population of 1993 leavers from the ¿old¿ universities of the UK to investigate the determinants of graduate occupational earnings. Among other results, we find that there are significant differences in the occupational earnings...

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Where the minimum wage bites hard : the introduction of the UK national minimum wage to a low wage sector

Machin, Stephen; Manning, Alan; Rahman, Lupin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Between 1993 and April 1999 there was no minimum wage in the United Kingdom (except in agriculture). In this paper we study the effects of the introduction of a National Minimum Wage (NMW) in April 1999 on one heavily affected sector, the residential care homes industry. This sector contains a...

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Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique

Bandiera, Oriana; Rasul, Imran - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Despite their potentially strong impact on poverty, agricultural innovations are often adopted slowly. Using a unique household dataset on sunflower adoption in Mozambique, we analyse whether and how individual adoption decisions depend upon the choices of others in the same social networks....

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Keeping it simple: financial literacy and rules of thumb

Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Gregory; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

randomized trials test the impact of financial training on firm-level and individual outcomes for microentrepreneurs in the … Dominican Republic. We find no significant effect from a standard, fundamentals-based accounting training. However, a simplified …, rule-of-thumb training produced significant and economically meaningful improvements in business practices and outcomes. …

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The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems. Having a more informed an politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governments to be responsive. This...

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Read my lips : the political economy of information transmission

Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

The paper studies credible information transmission by governments. A group of heterogenous individuals have to make private investment and labour supply decisions while relying on the government for information about investment returns. The government consists of an elected citizen who chooses...

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Technological diversification

Koren, Miklos; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Economies at early stages of development are often shaken by abrupt changes in growth rates, whereas in advanced economies growth rates tend to be relatively stable. To explain this pattern, we propose a theory of technological diversification. Production makes use of different input varieties,...

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Land distribution, incentives and the choice of production techniques in Nicaragua

Bandiera, Oriana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Does the distribution of land rights affect the choice of contractible techniques? I present evidence suggesting that Nicaraguan farmers are more likely to grow effort-intensive crops on owned rather than on rented plots. I consider two theoretical arguments that illustrate why property rights...

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