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Regional growth and regional decline
Breinlich, Holger; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Temple, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786260
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A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001900702
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Preferences, Purchasing Power Parity, and Inequality : Analytical Framework, Propositions, and Empirical Evidence
Majumder, Amita - 2015
This paper makes analytical, methodological and empirical contributions to the literature on purchasing power parity. Purchasing power parities are required in a host of cross-country welfare comparisons, such as poverty rates and gross domestic product. The subject has recently generated much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245902
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Jobs' amenability to working from home : evidence from skills surveys for 53 countries
Hatayama, Maho; Viollaz, Mariana; Winkler, Hernan - 2020
The spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of … development to estimate jobs' amenability to working from home. The paper considers jobs' characteristics and uses internet access … more intensive in physical/manual tasks, using less information and communications technology, and having poorer internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241132
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The Impact of China's Slowdown on the Asia Pacific Region : An Application of the GVAR Model
Inoue, Tomoo - 2015
growing region in the world. In recent years, despite waning demand from the crisis-hit Western economies, the accelerating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245690
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Varietal Identification in Household Surveys : Results from an Experiment Using DNA Fingerprinting of Sweet Potato Leaves in Southern Ethiopia
Kosmowski, Frederic - 2016
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties have important nutritional differences and there is strong interest to identify nutritionally superior varieties for dissemination. In agricultural household surveys, this information is often collected based on the farmer's self-report. However, recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245762
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Why Do Some Oil-Rich Countries Perform Better Than Others?
Iqbal, Farrukh - 2017
Progress in child mortality reduction and education attainment varies widely among oil-rich countries. This paper investigates the causes of this variation using an empirical model that departs from the available literature in allowing for explicit measurement of the impact of initial levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246156
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An Exploration of the Relationship between Police Presence, Crime, and Business in Developing Countries
Islam, Asif - 2016
Economic theory predicts that a rise in police presence will reduce criminal activity. However several studies in the literature have found mixed results. This study adds to the literature by exploring the relationship between the size of the police force and crime experienced by firms. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246476
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Resource misallocation in European firms : the role of constraints, firm characteristics and managerial decisions
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Revoltella, Debora; Švejnar, Jan; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898338
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The double dividend issue : modelling strategies and empirical findings
Bosello, Francesco - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013422774