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Colonization, Institutions and Inequality. A Note on Some Suggestive Evidence
Cogneau, Denis; Guénard, Charlotte - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003
What is the kind of institutions that affect economic inequalities? Using a database on national income inequality for … institutions, we also find an inverted U relationship between inequalities and the extent of European settlement. We finally find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707185
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La diversidad de los capitalismos latinoamericanos : los casos de Argentina, Brasil y México
Bizberg, Ilan; Théret, Bruno - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074046
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La diversité des capitalismes latino-américains : les cas de l’Argentine, du Brésil et du Mexique
Bizberg, Ilan; Théret, Bruno - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
economic development of Argentina, Brasil and Mexico. The characteristics of the socio-political coalitions in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171550
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Family Income and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Price Shock in Cote d’Ivoire
Cogneau, Denis; Jedwab, Rémi - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
We study the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Cote d’Ivoire and investigate the extent to which cocoa producers’ children suffered from this severe income shock in terms of school enrollment, increased labor, height stature and sickness. Comparing pre-crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074011
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Development at the border: a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young independent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identifies many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707640
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Le climat d'investissement en Egypte: un usage innovant d'une réforme institutionnelle classique
Yousfi, Hèla - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707758
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Le climat d’investissement en Egypte - Les conditions d’une réforme durable : Institutions ou relations ?
Yousfi, Hèla - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
elsewhere. As experience shows however, importing “good” institutions does not suffice for them to mechanically produce their …, the confidence between private investors and public authorities — is, indeed, a matter of institutions; but those who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072637
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The investment climate in Egypt : institutions or relationships as conditions for sustainable reform
Yousfi, Hèla; Humphrey, John - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
behind unattractive investment climates for investors. International development agencies believe that by adopting … introducing the “right” institutions is not sufficient to bring improved economic performance to developing countries. Important … institutions. However, the issue for developing countries is not to substitute particularist relationships for formal universal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074613
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Banque mobile et microfinance dans les pays en développement
Venet, Baptiste; Arestoff, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717652
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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cameroon
Fondja Wandji, Yris D. - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
other side, a lack of energy is a major bottleneck for further economic development in Cameroon. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723180