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heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …This paper discusses the problems facing the Mexican economy. It operates under a heavy burden of monopoly and … regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under …
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This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...
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contributions to the latter's decisions. Both a shift from national to international regulation and a decrease in trade costs …
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support to this view. We find that in countries with less stringent job market regulation the long-run impact of Unemployment … faster in countries with looser job-market regulation, compared with countries with stricter regulation. These findings have …
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We review the literature on public sector outsourcing to explore if the theoretical predictions from the incomplete contracts literature hold up to recent empirical evidence. Guided by theory, we arrange services according to the type and magnitude of their contractibility problems. The...
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; regulation ; tax burden …
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Using firm level data on 70,000 enterprises in 107 countries, this paper finds important effects of access to finance, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at the firm level. The paper focuses on how the...
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tax policies and state regulation, which, if they rise, increase both. Furthermore the discussion of the recent literature … ; shadow labor force ; tax morale ; tax pressure ; state regulation …
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regulation to an international agent eliminates that distortion, increasing wages and aggregate welfare. …
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This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long-term unemployed in Flanders (Belgium) to private for-profit and non-profit organisations (FPOs and NPOs). A multivariate transition model exploits timing-of-events and novel...
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