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Wage differentials between the public and private sectors in India
Glinskaya, Elena; Lokshin, Michael - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002953516
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Corruption, the business environment and small business growth in India
Honorati, Maddalena (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003619541
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Corruption, business environment and small business fixed investment in India
Honorati, Maddalena (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003619769
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Using courts to realize education rights : reflections from India and Indonesia : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Rosser, Andrew; Joshi, Anuradha - 2018
democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874985
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Can political empowerment help economic empowerment? : women leaders and female labor force participation in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Mani, Anandi; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209752
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Female business leaders, business and cultural environment, and productivity around the world
Fang, Sheng; Goh, Chorching; Roberts, Mark; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2020
Studies of female business leaders and economic performance are rarely conducted with worldwide observational data, and with considerations on the underlying cultural, institutional, and business environment. This paper uses worldwide, firm-level data from more than 100 countries to study how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241361
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Up before dawn : experimental evidence from a cross-border trader training at the Democratic Republic of Congo–Rwanda border
Croke, Kevin; García Mora, María Elena; Goldstein, … - 2020
-border traders - many of whom are women - face harassment and corruption, which can undermine these potential gains. This paper … procedures, tariffs, and rights to small-scale traders to facilitate border crossings, lower corruption, and reduce gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228426
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Digital innovation in East Asia : restrictive data policies matter?
Ferracane, Martina Francesca; Van der Marel, Erik - 2020
Digital technologies encourage companies to innovate with new processes, goods, and services, which ultimately enhance their competitiveness in local and global markets. This paper analyzes whether a wide set of data restrictions are negatively associated with digital innovation of firms. The...
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Elite capture of foreign aid : evidence from offshore bank accounts
Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Johannesen, Niels; Rijkers, Bob - 2020
Do elites capture foreign aid? This paper documents that aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centers known for bank secrecy and private wealth management, but not in other financial centers. The estimates are...
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Corruption and country size : evidence using firm-level survey data
Amin, Mohammed; Yew Chong Soh - 2019
What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question … for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts to answer this question by … exploring the link between the size of the country and corruption. Economic theory suggests advantages and disadvantages of …
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