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Spatial decentralization and program evaluation : theory and an example from Indonesia

Pitt, Mark Martin; Menon, Nidhiya - 2010

This paper proposes a novel instrumental variable method for program evaluation that only requires a single cross-section of data on the spatial intensity of programs and outcomes. The instruments are derived from a simple theoretical model of government decision-making in which governments are...

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Regional unemployment and its persistence in transition countries

Bornhorst, Fabian (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Regional income inequality in selected large countries

Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

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Employment determination in enterprises under communism and in transition : evidence from Central Europe

Basu, Swati (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to estimate dynamic employment equations for the period immediately before and after the start of … Poland. …

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Wage determination under communism and in transition : evidence from Central Europe

Basu, Swati (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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For some mothers more than others : how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low

Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michał - 2012

We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...

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Count your hours : returns to education in Poland

Myck, Michał; Nicinska, Anna; Morawski, Leszek - 2009

We show how significant may be the difference in the estimated returns to education in Poland conditional on the … conclusion. While there are several papers examining the wage equation in Poland, so far none of them has provided a … equation in Poland has not been examined in detail. Annual rates of return to university education for men vary from 6.7% to 9 …

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Individual pay and outside options : evidence from the Polish labour force survey

Duffy, Fiona; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2001

Using Polish Labour Force Survey data, we examine whether competition for labour has induced individual pay to depend on outside options, availability and quality of jobs. Exploiting the lack of inter-regional job and worker flows we estimate the elasticity of individual pay, amongst a rich set...

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Job creation, Job destruction and employment growth in transition countries in the 90's

Faggio, Giulia; Konings, Jozef - 2001

In this paper we document and analyse gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria …

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On the identification of relative wage rigidity dynamics : a proposal for a methodology on cross section data and empirical evidence for Poland in transition

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2000

We present a new and simple empirical methodology to identify relative wage rigidity dynamics. The methodology is applied to data from the Polish Labour Force Survey for the period 1994 to 1998. We estimate ceteris paribus changes in relative wage and unemployment differentials for various...

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