Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,019
Cover Image
The quantification of structural reforms : extending the framework to emerging market economies
Égert, Balázs - 2018
This paper estimates and quantifies the impact of structural reforms on per capita income for a large set of OECD and non-OECD countries. The findings suggest that the quality of institutions matters to a large extent for economic outcomes. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800715
Cover Image
Electricity and firm productivity : a general-equilibrium approach
Fried, Stephie; Lagakos, David - 2021
Many policymakers view power outages as a major constraint on firm productivity in developing countries. Yet empirical … the long-run general-equilibrium effects of power outages on productivity. Outages lower productivity in the model by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745254
Cover Image
Can peers improve agricultural productivity?
Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Baylis, Kathy; Chhatre, Ashwini; … - 2014
Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404510
Cover Image
Productivity response to a contract change
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; Véricout, Francis de - 2014
This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change for tea pluckers in an Indian plantation. The contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252151
Cover Image
Pandemics and economic growth : evidence from the 1968 H3N2 influenza
Jinjarak, Yothin; Noy, Ilan; Ta, Quy - 2020
pandemic wave) was associated with declines in consumption (-1.9%), investment (-1.2%), output (-2.4%), and productivity (-1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308629
Cover Image
Dynamics and time scope of post war recovery required for compensating civil war economic losses
Nam, Chang-woon; Schumacher, Jan - 2013
Civil war is often caused by poverty, and further demolishes existing capital. Such a vicious circle is detrimental for economic development of countries experiencing civil war. Civil war may also contribute to creative destructions of traditional economic, social and political system, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786203
Cover Image
How do taxpayers respond to tax subsidy for long-term savings? : evidence from Thailand's tax return data
Athiphat Muthitacharoen; Trongwut Burong - 2021
This paper uses a panel of personal income tax return data for the population of Thai tax filers to examine how individuals respond to tax subsidy for long-term savings. We utilize the 2013 tax reform that lowered the price subsidy for long-term savings in order to obtain causal identification....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437871
Cover Image
Productivity and the decision to import and export : theory and evidence
Kasahara, Hiroyuki (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003647251
Cover Image
Heavyweights - the impact of large businesses on productivity growth
Falck, Oliver (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623797
Cover Image
Temporary employment, job flows and productivity : a tale of two reforms
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Leonardi, Marco - 2011
productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … substitution of temporary employees in favour of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …. -- employment contracts ; productivity ; institutional changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230787