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Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - 2009

ultimate determinants of conflict. However, fractionalization in all its demographic forms is endogenous in the long run. In … the relationship between fractionalization and the propensity of internal conflict statistically insignificant. Finally …

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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010

, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … data-bases used to operationalize the variables of interest and discuss the channels linking violent conflict to individual … variables that allow researchers to analyze the welfare effects of violent conflict across countries and across time. We develop …

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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010

fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements. …

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The Heterogeneous Effects of Conflict on Education: A Spatial Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Unfried, Kerstin; Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2020

attainment of children in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. By combining 66 rounds of DHS surveys with geo-coded conflict information …, our study contextualizes the findings of a series of country-specific case studies on the effects of conflict on education … dynamics in education. The effects of conflict on education are strongly context dependent. High-intensity conflicts reduce …

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Employment Protection Legislation and the Size of Firms

Garibaldi, Pietro; Pacelli, Lia; Borgarello, Andrea - 2003

The existing literature ignores the fact that in most European countries the strictness of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) varies across the firm size distribution. In Italy firms are obliged to rehire an unfairly dismissed worker only if they employ more than 15 employees....

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Large employers are more cyclically sensitive

Moscarini, Giuseppe; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2009

We provide new evidence that large firms or establishments are more sensitive than small ones to business cycle conditions. Larger employers shed proportionally more jobs in recessions and create more of their new jobs late in expansions, both in gross and net terms. The differential growth rate...

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Is bigger still better? The decline of the wage premium at large firms

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2009

This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size premium has been most pronounced among the least educated work force. Empirical evidence supports several explanations for the decline in the size premium. First, there has...

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Excess turnover and employment growth: firm and match heterogeneity

Centeno, Mário; Machado, Carla; Novo, Álvaro A. - 2009

Portuguese firms engage in intense reallocation, most employers simultaneously hire and separate from workers, resulting in a large heterogeneity of flows and excess turnover. Large and older firms have lower flows, but high excess turnover rates. In small firms, hires and separations move...

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Entrepreneurs out of necessity': A snapshot

Poschke, Markus - 2010

Entrepreneurs out of necessity identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across countries. They tend to have low education, run smaller firms, expect their firms to grow less, but are likely to stay in the market. This evidence is a challenge for existing...

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The investment in job training: Why are SMEs lagging so much behind?

Almeida, Rita K.; Aterido, Reyes - 2010

This paper analyzes the link between firm size and the investment in job training by employers. Using a large firm level data set across 99 developing countries, we show that a strong and positive correlation in the investment in job training and firm size is a robust statistical finding both...

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