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The importance of specification choices when analyzing sectoral productivity gaps
Merfeld, Joshua D.; Brummund, Peter - 2021
A consistent finding in the development literature is that average non-farm labor productivity is higher than average farm labor productivity. These differences in average productivity are sometimes used to promote policies which advance the non-farm sector. In this paper, we analyze the...
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Producer protection legislation and termination damages in the presence of contracting frictions
Wu, Steven - 2009
This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894440
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More is better! : what can firm-specific estimates of the impact of institutional quality on performance tell us?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Kumbhakar, Subal; … - 2014
We introduce a novel approach to modeling the impact of institutional quality on firm performance. Our methodology enables us to estimate the marginal effect of institutional quality on TFP, factor inputs and output of each firm, which gives us within-country distributions of these effects and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230492
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Identification, characteristics and impact of faked interviews in surveys : an analysis by means of genuine fakes in the raw data of SOEP
Schräpler, Jörg-Peter (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The impact of a new quality management practice on firm performance: evidence from Pakistan
Faran, Mahvish; Taylor, Karl - 2021
This paper uses a novel firm level data set to investigate the impact of a unique quality management practice on the production and productivity of a large-scale garments manufacturer in Pakistan. The analysis provides evidence that production complexity is an important element in determining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703130
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Information integration, coordination failures, and quality of prescribing
Böckerman, Petri; Laine, Liisa T.; Nurminen, Mikko; … - 2020
Poor information flows hamper coordination, potentially leading to suboptimal decisions in health care. We examine the effects of a nationwide policy of information integration on the quality of prescribing. We use the rollout of an electronic prescribing system in Finland and prescription-level...
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Non-farm enterprise productivity and spatial autocorrelation in rural Africa : evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - 2014
The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially proximate farm and non-farm enterprises. To test for the presence and significance of such spatial autocorrelation we use data from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379209
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Entrepreneurship and the reallocation of African farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388301
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Sectoral wage gaps and gender in rural India
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2021
Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I document three important findings. First, there is clear evidence of sorting into sectors, with very large differences in worker human capital across the farm and non-farm sectors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519100
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Should farmers farm more? : comparing marginal products within Malawian households
Brummund, Peter; Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2021
According to standard economic theory, households should equate the marginal revenue product of an input across …
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