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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison
Dupuy, Arnaud; Borghans, Lex - 2003
In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study to test whether … model explicitly takes into account the effects of supply and demand shifts on the allocation structure to disentangle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261618
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269390
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Economic Reforms and Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation in the Post-Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2004
How do economic reforms affect resource reallocation processes and their contributions to productivity growth? This paper studies the consequences of enterprise privatization and liberalization of product markets, labor markets, and imports in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261809
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Contests, NGOs and decentralizing aid
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2005
compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a decentralized allocation process with nongovernmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267360
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How does financial globalization affect risk sharing? Patterns and channels
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Terrones, Marco E. - 2007
In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international risk sharing. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the patterns of risk sharing among different groups of countries and examine how international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268195
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268676
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Welfare in models of trade with heterogeneous firms
Janiak, Alexandre - 2008
I illustrate that the welfare improvement property of the Melitz model is due to the shape of the aggregate labor demand curve, which slopes upwards. By slightly changing some assumptions in the model, this curve may have a negative slope. In this case, increases in aggregate productivity result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269321
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A new model for equitable and efficient resource allocation to schools: the Israeli case
BenDavid-Hadar, Iris; Ziderman, Adrian - 2010
This paper sets out a new budget allocation formula for schools, designed to achieve a more equitable distribution of … educational achievement. In addition to needs-based elements, the suggested composite allocation formula includes an improvement … in the Educational Achievement Distribution, or IEAD). The development of the budget allocation formula is demonstrated …
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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock: evidence from the German clothing industry and the multi-fibre arrangement
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269526
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Accounting for China's growth
Brandt, Loren; Zhu, Xiaodong - 2010
China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of the growth, and the role of the intensive versus extensive margin. Growth accounting exercises at the aggregate level (Rawski and Perkins, 2008; Bosworth and Collins, 2008) suggest an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269571