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This article examines the link between restrictions on the number of physicians and general practitioners' (GPs) earnings. Using a representative panel of 6016 French self-employed GPs over the years 1983-2004, we estimate an earnings function to identify experience, time and cohort effects. The...
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This paper examines whether general practitionersí(GPsí) earnings are high enough to keep this profession attractive. We set up two samples, with longitudinal data relative to GPs and executives. Those two professions have similar abilities but GPs have chosen a longer education. To measure if...
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regulated number of places in medical schools, named in France numerus clausus. We show that the policies aimed at manipulating …
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This paper takes full advantage of daily quoted prices of microfinance stocks from their issuance, and draws a global … picture of worldwide microfinance equity from the viewpoint of a profit-oriented investor. We construct microfinance country … equity indices and an international global microfinance index. We analyse the changes in these indices, which we assess in …
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The development of microfinance programs in Europe has increased due to the establishment of a large number of small … conditions of microfinance development. In addition, technological factors consisting of advances in information and … communication technologies have contributed to the expansion of microfinance institution (MFI) activities among European citizens …
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This article highlights the main findings of an evaluation report on the impact of a microfinance program based in … Antananarivo. It first provides background information on microfinance programs in Madagascar and on the market-demand for micro …-loans. It then describes the main characteristics of the participants to the microfinance program under concern. It finally …
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L’objet de cet article est d’analyser l’impact des nouvelles technologies sur la réduction de la pauvreté au Maroc. Très peu d’études scientifiques analysent les impacts socio-économiques de l’utilisation des téléphones mobiles dans la fourniture des services financiers dans les...
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This study aims at assessing the impact of a microfinance institution serving micro-entrepreneurs in Antananarivo … (Madagascar). It starts by reviewing the recent literature on the socioeconomic impact of microfinance, then moves on to describe …
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