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Colonial Institutions, Commodity Booms, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
Musacchio, Aldo - 2014
We explain how the decentralization of fiscal responsibility among Brazilian states between 1889 and 1930 promoted a unequal expansion in public schooling. We document how the variation in state export tax revenues, product of commodity booms, explains increases in expenditures on education,...
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Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
Alesina, Alberto F.; Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain T. - 2022
Trade liberalization and political separatism go hand in hand. In a world of trade restrictions, large countries enjoy economic benefits because political boundaries determine the size of the market. In a world of free trade and global markets even relatively small cultural, linguistic or ethnic...
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Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade : A Tale of Two Countries
Ready, Robert C. - 2013
Persistent differences in interest rates across countries account for much of the profitability of currency carry trade strategies. "Commodity currencies'' tend to have high interest rates while low interest rate currencies belong to exporters of finished goods. This pattern arises in a...
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Federalism's Values and the Value of Federalism
Inman, Robert P. - 2010
scholars and is there any evidence that would suggest all this attention is warranted? Proponents see federalism as a means to …, while policy decentralization is the key to federalism's strong rights and economic performance and can be achieved within a … provides federalism's valued outcomes. Third, federalism needs democracy; there is no evidence that adding policy …
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Labour in India's organized manufacturing sector
Sen, Sunanda; Dasgupta, Byasdeb - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 49 (2006) 1, pp. 79-101
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Labour productivity in small scale industries in India : a state-wise analysis
Sharma, Rakesh Kumar; Dash, Abinash - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 49 (2006) 3, pp. 407-427
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Determinants of income in rural non-farm activities : empirical evidence from Punjab
Toor, Jasdeep Singh; Sidhu, Harbans S. - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 49 (2006) 3, pp. 527-538
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The performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in India : has past anything to suggest for future?
Misra, Biswa Swarup - In: Occasional papers / Reserve Bank of India 27 (2006) 1/2, pp. 89-118
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How do trade, foreign investment and technology affect employment patterns in organized Indian manufacturing?
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 49 (2006) 2, pp. 249-272
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Workers in urban India : changes in gender segregation of occupations, 1983 - 2000
Swaminathan, Madhura; Majumdar, Sharmila - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 49 (2006) 2, pp. 273-291
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