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Why develop open source software? : The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards and open source licence type

Sauer, Robert M. (contributor) - 2007

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply … large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate for measuring the relative importance of these three factors. Moreover … decisions that can provide empirical estimates of relative importance within a single unified framework. -- Software ; open …

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Teacher labor markets in developing countries

Crawfurd, Lee; Pugatch, Todd - 2020

The types of workers recruited into teaching and their allocation across classrooms can greatly influence a country's stock of human capital. This paper considers how markets and non-market institutions determine the quantity, wages, skills, and spatial distribution of teachers in developing...

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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries

Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017

This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...

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Pathways from school to work in the developing world

Manacorda, Marco; Rosati, Furio Camillo; Ranzani, Marco; … - 2015

This paper uses micro data from the ILO-STWT surveys to provide novel evidence on the duration, end point and determinants of the transition from school to work in a sample of 23 low and middle-income countries around the world. The negative effects of low levels of human capital and high levels...

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A survey of the economics of Fair Trade

Dammert, Ana C.; Mohan, Sarah - 2014

Fair Trade has spread in developing countries as an initiative aimed at lifting poor smallholder farmers out of poverty by providing them with premium prices, availability of credit, and improved community development and social goods. Fair Trade is also viewed as a niche market for high value...

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The return of the prodigy son : do return migrants make better leaders?

Mercier, Marion - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of political leaders' migration experience on the quality of their leadership. We build up an original database on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. We put...

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Why pay NGOs to involve the community?

Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - 2014

We examine the case for donors providing financial incentives to NGOs to increase community participation. We show that, when such incentives are provided, there need not exist any meaningful relationship between beneficiary welfare and the extent of community participation implemented by an...

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Entitled to property: inheritance laws, female bargaining power, and child health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the effects of an inheritance law change, the Hindu...

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Reaping the rewards later : how education improves old-age cognition in South Africa

Nikolov, Plamen; Yeh, Steve - 2022

Cognitive performance in late adulthood is critical for better welfare and understanding the causes of human capital depreciation in old age is increasingly crucial in aging societies. Using data from South Africa, we study how early life education affects cognition, a component of human capital...

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Minimum wages in developing countries

Fang, Tony; Viet Hoang Ha - 2022

There is considerable debate on the level and effects of minimum wages for many decades. However, most of the studies are conducted in developed countries. This chapter first reviews the theoretical frameworks of anticipated effects of a minimum wage increase on wages and employment in...

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