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After, Before and During: Returns to Education in the Hungarian Transition
Campos, Nauro F.; Jolliffe, Dean - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
How valuable are the education and skills acquired under socialism in a market economy? This paper uses data for about 3 million Hungarian wage earners, from 1986 to 1998, to throw light on this question. We find that returns to schooling reach 10 percent early on and remain at this high level....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005489922
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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677440
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The Gender Wage Gap in Bulgaria: A Semiparametric Estimation of Discrimination
Jolliffe, Dean - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
, nationally representative Bulgaria Integrated Household Survey, I examine whether gender discrimination is an important factor … determining the gap in wages between men and women and the extent to which gender discrimination affects wage inequality. I model … of this differential is due to discrimination, or more precisely, due to differences in how men and women are rewarded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677479
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Unlocking Productive Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia: Which Incentives Matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Asaminew, Emerta - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
Twenty years after the launch of market reforms, productive entrepreneurship and vibrant small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia remain limited, the recent growth acceleration notwithstanding. This paper develops a model of entrepreneurial start ups in an economy with frictions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001055
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Does Market Liberalisation Reduce Gender Discrimination? Econometric Evidence from Hungary, 1986—1998
Jolliffe, Dean; Campos, Nauro F. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
this is largely explained by a matching decline in “Oaxaca's discrimination,” suggesting extraordinary improvement of women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652554
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Gender Voice and Correlations with Peace
Dworkin, Terry Morehead; Schipani, Cindy A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
The statistics regarding violence in today’s society are staggering. A newly released study published by the World Health Organization, making headlines in the Wall Street Journal (Oct. 3, 2002) reports that “Violence Took 1.6 Million Lives in 2000.” Notably, this report considers only the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677729
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Catching-up and inflation in Europe: Balassa-Samuelson, Engel’s Law and other Culprits
Egert, Balazs - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special focus on the new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using an array of estimation methods, we show that the Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008606472
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The VARying Effect of Foreign Shocks in Central and Eastern Europe
Jimenez-Rodriguez, Rebeca; Morales-Zumaquero, Amalia; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of international shocks – interest rate, commodity price and industrial production shocks – on key macroeconomic variables in ten Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries by using near-VAR models and monthly data from the early 1990s to 2009. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008606476
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EXPORTS AND PROPERTY PRICES IN FRANCE: ARE THEY CONNECTED?
Egert, Balazs; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008606479
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Real Convergence, Price Level Convergence and Inflation Differentials in Europe
Egert, Balazs - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the factors that can cause price levels to diverge and which are at the root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors influencing market and non-marketbased service, house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784635