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The Political Economy of Corruption and and the Role of Financial Institutions

Hainz, Christa; Boerner, Kira - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005

In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even they have democratic political … corruption levels. Our model based on the fact that corrupt officials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative positions. In a … probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead more corruption as more voters are part of the …

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Politics and the geographic allocation of public funds in a semi-democracy: The case of Ghana, 1996-2004.

André, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers and that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results, however,...

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Economic Globalisation, Democracy and Income in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Sakyi, Daniel - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa has been characterised by low-income levels for decades. This paper analyses the impact of economic globalisation and democracy on income in sub-Saharan Africa using panel cointegration techniques. The paper considers a composite indicator for economic globalisation and...

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Improving on Africa's roads - Modeling infrastructure investment and its effect on subsistence agriculture

Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010

Investment in infrastructure is considered as a crucial prerequisite for economic development. Given the scarce resources for public investment in developing countries a detailed perspective on the effects of each form of infrastructure is needed. This paper focuses on transport infrastructure...

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Productivity growth, human capital and distance to frontier in Sub-Saharan Africa

Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Osman; Speight, Alan - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2010

Using the Malmquist productivity index and panel data methods, we study the role of total human capital and its composition in the technological "catch-up" process and productivity growth via the channels of innovation and adoption of technology in a panel of 19 sub -Saharan African countries...

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Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth

Campos, Nauro F.; Saleh, Ahmad; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy S. - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2009

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL 2005) identify two main directions for future research. One is to improve the measurement of diversity and the other to treat diversity as an endogenous variable. This paper tries...

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Wage inequality, comparative advantage and skill biased technical change in South Africa

Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2009

International trade may influence income distribution. This study takes as a starting point the puzzling development of relative wages between skilled and unskilled labor in South Africa. Wage inequality decreased during the sanctions period and increased with trade liberalization post...

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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam

Nordman, Christophe J.; Nguyen, Huu Chi; Roubaud, François - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

In spite of its predominant economic weight in developing countries, little is known about informal sector income dynamics vis-à-vis the formal sector. Some works have been done in this field using household surveys, but they only consider some emerging Latin American countries and a few...

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Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals

Thiele, Rainer; Böhme, Marcus - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

Employing a unique dataset that covers households from six West African capitals, this paper provides new evidence on the demand for informal sector products and services. We first investigate whether demand linkages exist between formal and informal products and distribution channels, and...

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Modern Day Slavery: What Drives Human Trafficking in Europe?

Hernandez, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows in to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we...

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