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Integration, labor market regulation, lobbying, and technological change
Palokangas, Tapio - 2009
This paper examines an economic union where oligopolistic firms produce by skilled and unskilled labor and do in-house R&D by skilled labor. The planner of the union accepts new members to the union, regulates the labor market through a minimum wage for unskilled labor and supports firms by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269270
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The Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children's Education Outcomes: Evidence from Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh; Do, Minh N.N.; Nguyen, Cuong Viet - 2024
Very few studies have examined the impacts of both climate change and air pollution on student education outcomes, particularly in a developing country setting. Analyzing a rich database consisting of household and school surveys, test scores, and temperature and air pollution data over the past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061963
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Growth with Equity: Income Inequality in Vietnam, 2002–14
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; McCaig, Brian - 2016
We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653120
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Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - 2017
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653210
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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs : Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Estrin, Saul; Meyer, Klaus - 2004
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on the local environment. An important indication of the potential contribution of foreign investors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262023
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Does off-farm labor relax farmers' credit constraints? Evidence from longitudinal data for Vietnam
Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - 2008
relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data for Vietnam from 1993-98, we find that households participating in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268914
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Inequality in Vietnamese urban-rural living standards, 1993 - 2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269850
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Long-term economic consequences of Vietnam-era conscription: schooling, experience and earnings
Angrist, Joshua D.; Chen, Stacey H. - 2008
these channels are likely to affect civilian earnings. New estimates of the effects of military service using Vietnam … substantial earnings losses for white Vietnam veterans in the 1970s and 1980s. The recent estimates also point to a marked … increase in post-secondary schooling that appears to be attributable to the Vietnam-era GI Bill. Seen through the lens of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271218
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Impact of paternal temporary absence on children left behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271894
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Drawn into violence: Evidence on what makes a criminal from the Vietnam draft lotteries
Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - 2010
Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274612