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Women and competition in elimination tournaments: evidence from professional tennis data
Lallemand, Thierry; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François - 2005
ante players' abilities. It is found that a larger prize spread encourages women to increase effort, even when controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267652
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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women: Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2011
There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278720
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Do Large Employers Pay More in Developing Countries? The Case of Five African Countries
Strobl, Eric; Thornton, Robert - 2003
Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has been generally found for other developing and developed nations, that apart from observable worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262237
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The Real Exchange Rate and Growth in Zimbabwe: Does the Currency Regime Matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2014
Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … stimulate exports and growth. Under any currency regime, Zimbabwe needs to adhere to sound macroeconomic policies, avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398293
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Do Large Employers Pay More in Developing Countries? The Case of Five African Countries
Strobl, Eric; Thornton, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has been generally found for other developing and developed nations, that apart from observable worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822588
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The Real Exchange Rate and Growth in Zimbabwe: Does the Currency Regime Matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … stimulate exports and growth. Under any currency regime, Zimbabwe needs to adhere to sound macroeconomic policies, avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891170
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Immigration and the Informal Labor Market
Bosch, Mariano; Farré, Lídia - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using regional variation for the Spanish provinces we find that the massive immigration wave between 2000 and 2009 is highly correlated to the share of unregistered employment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329059
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Entrepreneurship in the Shadows: Wealth Constraints and Government Policy
Tumen, Semih - 2016
I develop a dynamic model of forward-looking entrepreneurs, who decide whether to operate in the formal economy or informal economy and choose how much to invest in their businesses, taking government policy as given. The government has access to two policy tools: taxes on formal business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584639
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Does the minimum wage have a higher impact on the informal than on the formal labor market? Evidence from quasi-experiments
Khamis, Melanie - 2008
This paper investigates a puzzle in the literature on labor markets in developing countries: labor legislations not only have an impact on the formal labor market but also an impact on the informal sector. It has even been argued that the impact on the informal sector in the case of the minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271234
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The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana
Schotte, Simone; Danquah, Michael; Osei, Robert; Sen, Kunal - 2021
In this paper, we provide causal evidence of the immediate and near-term impact of stringent COVID-19 lockdown policies on employment outcomes, using Ghana as a case study. We take advantage of a specific policy setting, in which strict stay-at-home orders were issued and enforced in two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658271