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Equilibrium Allele Distribution in Trading Populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2006

This paper derives the conditions under which fitness-reducing alleles can survive in a longrun stationary equilibrium for a trading population, extending the results in Saint-Paul (2002) for arbitrary systems of sexual reproduction

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The Legacies of Slavery in and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...

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Marketmaking Middlemen

Gautier, Pieter A. - 2016

This paper develops a model in which market structure is determined endogenously by the choice of intermediation mode. We consider two representative business modes of intermediation that are widely used in real-life markets: one is a middleman mode where an intermediary holds inventories which...

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The Selection of Migrants and Returnees in Romania : Evidence and Long-Run Implications

Ambrosini, William - 2012

Romania relatively high rates of temporary migration might have positive long-run effects on average skills and wages …

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The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption : Evidence from a 'Xeroxed' Exam

Borcan, Oana - 2012

This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to financial incentives and, in particular, it is an attempt to identify the causal impact of a wage loss on the prevalence of corruption in the education sector. Specifically, we exploit the unexpected wage cut in May 2010 that affected all...

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Moroccans', Ecuadorians' and Romanians' Assimilation in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2012

Using the 2007 Encuesta Nacional de Immigración (ENI), we find that male migrants follow a similar labor and legal assimilation pattern in Spain regardless of their nationality (with Romanians faring worse in terms of legal status but better in terms of employment status at arrival). Among...

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Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure in Romania : A Multilevel Analysis

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2014

analyses the determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) at plant level in the case of Romania using … survey data and a Multilevel Regression Model (MRM). Our findings suggest that, although Romania has improved its …

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Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Nikolova, Milena - 2016

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …

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Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2006

We evaluate the presence of effects from joining one of four active labour market programs in Romania in the late 1990s …

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The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround

Kanbur, Ravi - 2017

This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing and even turning down. The argument is made using a range of data sources and a range of measures and perspectives on inequality. The evolution of inequality is further examined...

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