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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317631
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Democracy, dictatorship and the cultural transmission of political values
Ticchi, Davide; Verdier, Thierry; Vindigni, Andrea - 2013
individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755330
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The political U : new evidence on democracy and income
Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412764
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Does institutional quality affect firm performance? : insights from a semiparametric approach
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Kumbhakar, Subal; … - 2012
Using a novel modeling approach, and cross-country firm level data for the textiles industry, we examine the impact of institutional quality on firm performance. Our methodology allows us to estimate the marginal impact of institutional quality on productivity of each firm. Our results bring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530673
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Severance pay programs around the world : history, rationale, status, and reforms
Holzmann, Robert; Pouget, Yann; Vodopivec, Milan; … - 2011
The paper examines severance pay programs around the world by providing the first ever overview of existing programs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307502
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The dynamics of the regulation of labor in developing and developed countries since 1960
Campos, Nauro; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2012
This paper examines both the determinants and the effects of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation across countries over time. Recent research identifies the origin of the legal system as being a major determinant of the cross-country variation in the rigidity of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629025
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International immigration and labor regulation
Levai, Adam; Turati, Riccardo - 2024
The existing literature investigating the labor market impact of immigration assumes, implicitly or explicitly, that the law or labor regulation is exogenous to immigration. To test this assumption, we build a novel workers' protection measure based on 36 labor law variables that capture labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517308
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Are all democracies equally good? : The role of interactions between political environment and inequality for rule of law
Sunde, Uwe (contributor); Cervellati, Matteo (contributor);  … - 2007
Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and … inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539348
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The evolution of citizenship : economic and institutional determinants
Bertocchi, Graziella (contributor);  … - 2006
. We compile a new data set on citizenship laws across countries of the world which documents how these institutions have … that a jus sanguinis origin is a factor of resistance to change, that a high degree of democracy promotes the adoption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003522985
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Joblessness and perceptions about the effectiveness of democracy
Altindag, Duha Tore; Mocan, Naci - 2010
. -- Unemployment duration ; democracy ; education ; development ; World Values Survey … individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … personal joblessness experience translates into negative opinions about the effectiveness of democracy and it increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962521