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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]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001876960
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012372817
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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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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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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
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Temporary work visas as US-Haiti development cooperation : a preliminary impact evaluation
Clemens, Michael A.; Postel, Hannah - 2017
We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the United States in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612941
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Rainfall variability and labor allocation in Uzbekistan : the role of women's empowerment
Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga; Alimukhamedova, … - 2023
that rainfall variability induces the reallocation of labor supply: (i) out of agriculture to unemployment, (ii) from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014338461
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Minimum wages and unemployment during economic shocks
Merfeld, Joshua D.; Sharp, Matthew - 2023
This paper studies whether a minimum wage changes how labour markets respond to economic shocks. Using data from South Africa, we show that an agricultural minimum wage leads to higher mean wages with no significant impacts on mean employment. However, these positive aggregate outcomes hide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388446
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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...
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