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Economic performance and unemployment : evidence from an emerging economy - Turkey
Berument, Hakan (contributor); Dogan, Nukhet (contributor);  … - 2005
and the unemployment rate by different levels of education in Turkey. These effects are assessed for total, male and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002851973
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Ancestral norms, legal origins, and female empowerment
Brodeur, Abel; Mabeu, Marie Christelle; Pongou, Roland - 2020
A large literature documents persistent impacts of formal historical institutions. However, very little is known about how these institutions interact with ancestral traditions to determine long-term economic and social outcomes. This paper addresses this question by studying the persistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199043
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Laws and norms
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2012
This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530311
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Access to justice and entrepreneurship : evidence from Brazil's special civil tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315472
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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Stand your ground laws and homicides
McClellan, Chandler; Tekin, Erdal - 2012
The controversies surrounding Stand Your Ground laws have recently captured the nation's attention. Since 2005, eighteen states have passed laws extending the right to self-defense with no duty to retreat to any place a person has a legal right to be, and several additional states are debating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568740
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The short- and long-run effects of private law enforcement : evidence from university police
Heaton, Paul S.; Hunt, Priscillia E.; MacDonald, John M.; … - 2015
Over a million people in the United States are employed in private security and law enforcement, yet very little is known about the effects of private police on crime. The current study examines the relationship between a privately-funded university police force and crime in a large U.S. city....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472493
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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127808
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Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium : a level-k analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2014
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364492
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Family structure and the education gender gap : evidence from Italian provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2014
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387949