distribution of income, greater job security, and higher workplace standards, while preserving and indeed enhancing the efficiency …

distribution of income, greater job security, and higher workplace standards, while preserving and indeed enhancing the efficiency …

, exporting to high-income countries requires quality upgrades that are skill-intensive (Verhoogen, 2008). Second, exporting in … general, and exporting to high-income destinations in particular, requires services like distribution, transportation, and … destinations: firms that export to high-income destinations hire more skills and pay higher wages than firms that export to middle-income …

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …