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Producer protection legislation and termination damages in the presence of contracting frictions
Wu, Steven Y. - 2009
This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277255
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Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2001
This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262559
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Earnings, schooling and economic reform: econometric evidence from Hungary (1986 - 2004)
Campos, Nauro F.; Jolliffe, Dean - 2007
reform losers were those in construction and agriculture, those who attained only primary or vocational education (who …How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform … the European Union). Moreover, our results identify winners and losers from reform. Winners were the college and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269253
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Immigrant workers and farm performance: Evidence from matched employer-employee data
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Aastrup … - 2013
Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
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Reassessing the wage penalty for temps in Germany
Jahn, Elke J. - 2008
As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working conditions of temps, specifically their remuneration, has intensified recently. Using administrative data, the paper shows that the wage gap for German temp workers is rather large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268722
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Estimating the effect of student aid on college enrollment: evidence from a government grant policy reform
Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Sørensen, Torben; Taber, Christopher - 2008
Danish reform. We separately identify the effect of aid from that of other observed and unobserved variables such as parental … income. We exploit the combination of a kinked aid scheme and a reform of the student aid scheme to identify the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269155
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Education, social mobility and religious movements: A theory of the Islamic revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim … societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293120
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Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?
Tansel, Aysit; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - 2015
This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401621
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Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018
Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
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