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Toward an Understanding of Reference-Dependent Labor Supply : Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andersen, Steffen - 2018
Perhaps the most powerful form of framing arises through reference dependence, wherein choices are made recognizing the starting point or a goal. In labor economics, for example, a form of reference dependence, income targeting, has been argued to represent a serious challenge to traditional...
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The Economics of Open Air Markets
List, John A. - 2010
Despite their current prevalence and historical significance, little is known about the economics of open air markets. This paper uses open air markets as a natural laboratory to provide initial insights into the underlying operation of such markets. Using data on thousands of individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150551
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Brain Drain or Brain Bank? The Impact of Skilled Emigration on Poor-Country Innovation
Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2014
The development prospects of a poor country depend in part on its capacity for innovation. The productivity of its …-location and diaspora effects for accessing knowledge. Then, using patent citation data associated with inventions from India, we … access, on average. However, knowledge access conferred by the diaspora is particularly valuable in the production of India …
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The Market Value of R&D in Weak Innovation Regimes : Evidence from India
Kanwar, Sunil - 2015
We revisit the relationship between market value and innovation in the context of manufacturing firms in a developing …
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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction
Steier, Lloyd - 2013
, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …
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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics : Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments
Munshi, Kaivan D. - 2010
Parochial politics is typically associated with poor leadership and low levels of public good provision. This paper explores the possibility that community involvement in politics need not necessarily worsen governance and, indeed, can be efficiency-enhancing when the context is appropriate....
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Pitfalls of Participatory Programs : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010
efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758422
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Factor Utilization in Indian Manufacturing : A Look at the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys Data
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2010
We use the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys data to analyze the employment of both labor and capital in Indian manufacturing. We focus on disparities among states in manufacturing employment patterns, and provide reduced form evidence of their relationship to both (i) institutional...
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Affirmative Action in Education : Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India
Bertrand, Marianne - 2010
in India for quot;lower-castequot; groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759394
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Aging and Death Under a Dollar a Day
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
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