We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the … infrastructure. We find that after the dramatic expenditure decentralization of 2001, districts with relatively lower levels of … and administrative decentralization, we find no consistent effects of the democratization process on local public …

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

This paper analyses the heterogeneous effects of the decentralization of collective bargaining on the incidence of wage …-collar employees. Decentralization also affects the incidence of wage increases differently for blue- and white-collar employees. We … in local negotiations affects the decentralization outcomes. …

place. Bargaining coverage is usually high and stable in countries with multi-employer bargaining, and the decentralization …

separations, we study the effect of decentralization on well-being at work in Finland. Our regression results with individual … employees in blue-collar intensive firms show quite strong and negative responses to decentralization. Decentralization affects …. Whether the mechanisms between decentralization and worker's well-being is explained by pay dispersion, wage level, or …

governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …