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The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been discussed which hint at the possibility that progress...
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A new model of wage determination and wage inequality
Jasso, Guillermina - 2008
power depend on the configuration of agreements and disagreements; (2) Independence of mind reduces wage inequality, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269355
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Education, Market Rigidities and Growth
Aghion, Philippe; Askenazy, Philippe; Bourlès, Renaud; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This note investigates the effects of the education level, product market rigidities andemployment protection legislation on growth. It exploits macro-panel data for OECDcountries...
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Product market regulation and macroeconomic performance: a review of cross country evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2005
country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267501
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Conceptualising informality: regulation and enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use the generic labels 'informal' and 'formal …
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Regulation and UK retailing productivity: evidence from micro data
Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - 2009
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269333
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Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico
Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - 2010
regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274259
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Corruption and the shadow economy: an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a cross-section of 120 countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276652
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MIMIC models, cointegration and error correction: an application to the French shadow economy
Bühn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2008
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
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Add-on pricing, naive consumers, and the hidden welfare costs of education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - 2011
Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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