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Unmasking the impact of COVID-19 on businesses : firm level evidence from across the world
Apedo-Amah, Marie Christine; Avdiu, Besart; Cirera, Xavier - 2020
. First, the COVID-19 shock has been severe and widespread across firms, with persistent negative impact on sales. Second, the … employment adjustment has operated mostly along the intensive margin (that is leave of absence and reduction in hours), with a … about the future, especially among firms that have experienced a larger drop in sales, which is associated with job losses …
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Do land market restrictions hinder structural change in a rural economy? : evidence from Sri Lanka
Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408360
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The sooner, the better : the early economic impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241218
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Infrastructure, economic growth, and poverty : a review
Timilsina, Govinda R.; Hochman, Gal; Song, Ze - 2020
How much an economy should invest in its physical infrastructure is a crucial question being asked by policy makers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241222
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Opening-up trajectories and economic recovery : lessons after the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
This paper analyzes the reopening process of countries in Europe and Central Asia after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides evidence on the effects of different reopening trajectories and their timing and speed on economic recovery. The analysis indicates that countries that...
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Will the crisis affect the economic recovery in Eastern European countries? : evidence from firm level data
Correa, Paulo; Iootty, Mariana - 2010
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Radio frequency (un)identification : results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; Herath, Dammika; McKenzie, David J.; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438270
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Measuring true sales and underreporting with matched firm-level survey and tax-office data
Zhou, Fujin; Oostendorp, Remco H. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009382930
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The intensive margin in trade
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Klenow, Peter J.; Meleshchuk, … - 2018
Is the variation in bilateral trade flows across countries primarily due to differences in the number of exporting firms (the extensive margin) or in the average size of an exporter (the intensive margin)? And how does this affect the estimation and quantitative implications of the Melitz (2003)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947522
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Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process?
Jones, Patricia; Mengistae, Taye; Zeufack, Albert G. - 2018
This paper identifies and estimates the impact of firm entry and exit on plant-level productivity in Ethiopia as part of a selection mechanism that might be driving aggregate productivity growth in cities. Specifically, the paper investigates how firms' entry and exit contribute to the pace of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794709