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Corporate governance quality : trends and real effects

De Nicolò, Gianni; Laeven, Luc; Ueda, Kenichi - In: Journal of financial intermediation 17 (2008) 2, pp. 198-228

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Determinants of deposit-insurance adoption and design

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Kane, Edward J.; Laeven, Luc - In: Journal of financial intermediation 17 (2008) 3, pp. 407-438

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Corporate governance norms and practices

Chhaochharia, Vidhi; Laeven, Luc - In: Journal of financial intermediation 18 (2009) 3, pp. 405-431

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Remittances and the brain drain revisited : the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more

Bollard, Albert; McKenzie, David J.; Morten, Melanie; … - 2009

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit...

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Governance and bank valuation

Caprio, Gerard; Laeven, Luc; Levine, Ross - In: Journal of financial intermediation 16 (2007) 4, pp. 584-617

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Emigration and democracy

Docquier, Frédéric; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, … - 2011

Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. We find that emigration and human capital both...

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The demographic transition : causes and consequences

Galor, Oded - 2012

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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The "Out of Africa" hypothesis, human genetic diversity, and comparative economic development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012

geographical, institutional, and cultural factors. In particular, the level of genetic diversity within a society is found to have …

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Genetic diversity and the origins of cultural fragmentation

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2013

Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...

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Migration policy, African population growth and global inequality

Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - 2014

According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality. …

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