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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...
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Diploma No Problem : Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2004
Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262077
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School Vouchers Italian Style
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2005
School vouchers introduced recently in some Italian regions have lowered the cost of private schools. On one side, we provide evidence that Italian private schools may be selected for different reasons than quality considerations. On the other side, by exploiting individual data on voucher...
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Intergenerational persistence in educational attainment in Italy
Checchi, Daniele; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Leonardi, Marco - 2008
levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show that there is still a persistent …
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Wage effects of recruitment methods: the case of the Italian social service sector
Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - 2008
volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268718
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Centralized wage determination and regional unemployment differences: the case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo - 2008
This paper addresses the problem of the dualism of the Italian economy, particularly of its labor market. Although the Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North, which represents two thirds of the whole economy, is...
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Does the expansion of higher education increase the equality of educational opportunities? Evidence from Italy
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Blasio, Guido de - 2008
opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range …
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie F.; D'Agosto, Elena - 2008
researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
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Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level: the case of Italian manufacturing
Bratti, Massimiliano; Leombruni, Roberto - 2009
show that in Italy, like in the US, firms located in geographical areas with a higher stock of human capital pay higher …
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Training subsidies and the wage returns to continuing vocational training: Evidence from Italian regions
Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Sonedda, Daniela - 2010
We use the variation of training policy over time and across Italian regions to identify the relationship between individual training and earnings. Using longitudinal data for the period 1999 to 2005, we find that the marginal effect of one additional week of formal training on monthly earnings...
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