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survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent …
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randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work …
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's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to …
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Attempts to curb illegal activity through regulation gets complicated when agents can adapt to circumvent enforcement …
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We uncover a hidden illegal fishing practice: the use of fishing nets with illegally small mesh size. The small mesh prevents nearly all fish of saleable size from escaping the net, but also traps a large number of fish which are too small to be sold on the market and are therefore discarded at...
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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 …
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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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We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and …
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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 …
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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...
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