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A new framework for the analysis of inequality
Cunha, Flávio (contributor); Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007
"This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003433324
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Migration and cultural change
Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2021
We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both theoretically and empirically - and from a global viewpoint - whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or divergence between home and host countries. Our theoretical model derives distinctive testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648747
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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to analyze the connections between some dimensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901779
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Globalization and social change : gender-specific effects of trade liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017
We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612982
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Governance and public service delivery in India
Afridi, Farzana - 2017
Centre (IGC) supported research on governance and public service delivery in India. Existing research suggests that the … incentives, transparency and state capacity as the key challenges to reducing the governance deficit in India. IGC supported …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694812
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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 … institutional development. -- EU ; NATO ; transition economies ; institutional change ; governance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903298
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Sluggish institutions in a dynamic world : can unions and industrial competition coexist?
Hirsch, Barry T. (contributor) - 2007
During the 1930s and 1940s, collective bargaining emerged as the workplace governance norm in much of the U … in 2006. Governance shifted from a formalized union norm to one of constrained managerial discretion. In competitive and … evolving nonunion governance norms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591477
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Decentralization and the productive efficiency of government : evidence from Swiss cantons
Barankay, Iwan (contributor); Lockwood, Ben (contributor) - 2006
Advocates of fiscal decentralization argue that amongst other benefits, it can increase the efficiency of delivery of government services. This paper is one of the first to evaluate this claim empirically by looking at the association between expenditure decentralization and the productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003504673
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Women political leaders, corruption and learning : evidence from a large public program in India
Afridi, Farzana; Iversen, Vegard; Sharan, M. R. - 2013
female political leadership on the governance of projects implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in … panel of audit reports, governance improves as female leaders accumulate experience. These results suggest that female … political leadership may generate gains in governance but only after the initial, gendered disadvantages recede. Our findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715011
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Education, governance and trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001926816