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Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … employing a multilevel research design that controls for pre-privatization selection in the estimation of regional privatization … effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find …

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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?

Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016

This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...

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Structural reforms and the macroeconomy : the role of general equilibrium effects

Gersbach, Hans (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Evaluating immigration policy : potentials and limitations

Fertig, Michael - 2002

Based on the ideas developed in the literature on the evaluation of active labor market policy, this paper provides a framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating policy interventions are explained and the specific...

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Entry barriers and the labor market outcomes of incumbent workers : evidence from a deregulation reform in the German crafts sector

Lergetporer, Philipp; Ruhose, Jens; Simon, Lisa - 2018

We study the labor market outcomes of a deregulation reform in Germany that removed licensing requirements to become …

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The economic impact of non-communicable disease in China and India : estimates, projections, and comparisons

Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark E.; … - 2013

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the period 2012-2030. Our estimates are derived using WHO's EPIC model of economic growth, which focuses on the negative effects of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We...

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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons

Bloom, David E. - 2013

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Employment protection reforms, employment and the incidence of temporary jobs in Europe: 1995 - 2001

Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2007

Using European Community Household Panel data for nine countries for 1996-2001, I investigate the impact of reforms of employment protection systems on employment and on temporary jobs for wage and salary workers. Individual fixed effects models are estimated, with the inclusion of...

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A positive analysis of targeted employment protection legislation

Dolado, Juan J. (contributor); Jansen, Marcel (contributor); … - 2007

In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) establishes less strict dismissal procedures for specific groups of workers. This paper builds a simple matching model with heterogeneous workers in order to analyze this feature of EPL. We use the model to analyze the effects of reforms...

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Economic and political liberalizations

Giavazzi, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - In: Journal of monetary economics 52 (2005) 7, pp. 1297-1330

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