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Displacing corruption: evidence from a tariff liberalization program
Sequeira, Sandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
tariff evasion on imported goods. This is however partially offset by the displacement of corruption into other firms of … of corruption. I then provide suggestive evidence on how these displacement affects can be economically costly given that … in the design of trade and anti-corruption policies. …
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Tariffs and corruption: evidence from a tariff liberalization program
Sequeira, Sandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
for tariff evasion. This was however partially offset by the displacement of corruption into more coercive forms of bribe … design of trade and anti-corruption policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071385
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The crime reducing effect of education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However, it is essential to ensure that the direction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071305
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School participation in rural India
Dreze, Jean; Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper presents an analysis of the determinant of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation especially among girls, responds to a wide range of variables, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745987
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Corruption and firm behavior
Sequeira, Sandra; Djankov, Simeon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper investigates how corruption affects firrm behavior. Firms can engage in two types of corruption when seeking … a public service: cost-reducing "collusive" corruption and cost increasing "coercive" corruption. Using an original and … corruption by adjusting their shipping and sourcing strategies. "Collusive" corruption is associated with higher usage of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745127
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The entry of NGO schools and girls’ educational outcomes in Bangladesh
Sukontamarn, Pataporn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper uses household, school, and test score data from Bangladesh to compare and contrast the effectiveness of NGO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744976
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Quality matters: the expulsion of professors and Ph.D. student outcomes in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
I investigate the effect of faculty quality on Ph.D. student outcomes. To address the endogeneity of faculty quality I use exogenous variation provided by the expulsion of mathematics professors in Nazi Germany. I find that faculty quality is a very important determinant of short and long run...
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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...
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Capitalising the value of free schools : the impact of supply characteristics and uncertainty
Cheshire, P. C.; Sheppard, Stephen Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
There has been a growing literature in both the US (for example Haurin and Brasington 1996, and Black 1999) and the UK (for example Gibbons & Machin, 2003) that estimates the way in which school quality is capitalised into house prices. Cheshire and Sheppard 1995 and 1999 estimated hedonic...
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Are schools drifting apart? Intake stratification in English secondary schools
Gibbons, Stephen; Telhaj, Shqiponja - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The issue of social segregation in schools has seen a recent resurgence of interest – in the US, UK and internationally – as the debate rages on about whether policies that expand families’ freedom to choose amongst schools encourage divergence or convergence in the types of pupil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928795