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A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Jiang, Neville Nien-Huei - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001
We analyze a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit marketimperfections. We examine the effect of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, andhistory, in terms of the initial wealth distribution, in determining the long-term wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008911474
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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is …Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354041
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Agglomeration economies and the location of foreign direct investment : quasi-experimental evidence from Romania
Hilber, Christian (contributor); Voicu, Ioan (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003313746
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Estimating FDI-induced externalities when FDI is endogenous : a comparison between OLS and IV estimates of FDI-induced externalities in Mexico
Jordaan, Jacob A. (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002624127
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Determinants of FDI-induced externalities : new empirical evidence for Mexican manufacturing industries
Jordaan, Jacob A. (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002625077
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Regional intra- and inter-industry externalities from foreign direct investment : new evidence from the 1993 Mexican census of manufacturing
Jordaan, Jacob A. (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003067521
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The bootstrap and the Edgeworth correction for semiparametric averaged derivatives
Nishiyama, Yoshihiko (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002814654
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Multiproduct firms, income distribution, and trade
Schafgans, Marcia M. A.; Stibora, Joachim J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010376455
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Goodness-of-Fit: An Economic Approach
Cowell, Frank A.; Flachaire, Emmanuel; Bandyopadhyay, … - London School of Economics and Political Science; Pôle …; … - 2009
Specific functional forms are often used in economic models of distributions;goodness-of-fit measures are used to assess whether a functional form is appropriatein the light of real-world data. Standard approaches use a distance criterion based onthe EDF, an aggregation of differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871007
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Modelling memory of economic and financial time series
Robinson, Peter M. (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002814614