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Worker retraining and transfer payments: The political economy of social protection
Jain, Sanjay - 2017
redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654037
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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654023
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Land issues in Vietnam 2006-14: Markets, property rights, and investment
Markussen, Thomas - 2015
This paper uses five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to analyse land issues in Viet Nam from a number of different angles. The VARHS provides panel data at plot as well as household level and I use this rich data set to present descriptive results on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418607
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The effects of land titling in Tanzania
Aikaeli, Jehovaness; Markussen, Thomas - 2017
We use household survey data to investigate the effects of formal, private property rights to agricultural land on agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects of formal, private land property rights (written...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943771
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Economic and non-economic returns to Communist Party membership in Viet Nam
Markussen, Thomas - 2018
Single-party political systems exist in a number of countries, such as China and Viet Nam. In these countries, party membership is potentially an important source of economic and social status. This paper investigates these effects and the mechanisms behind them. In particular, we use household-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943853
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Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar
Danquah, Michael; Sen, Kunal - 2020
In many low-income transition countries, where formal institutions such as courts do not function effectively, informal institutions are often used by firms to minimize transaction risks. We examine the role of informal institutions, in the forms of relational contracting and social networks, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424041
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Cambodia's land management and administration project
Biddulph, Robin - 2014
This paper presents the case of World Bank support to the mass titling component of the Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project. This was a project for which there was clear national demand, as evidenced by the fact that the Cambodian government had already attempted to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420611
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The political economy of industrial development in Vietnam: Impact of state-business relationship on industrial performance, 1986 - 2012
Vu-Thanh, Tu-Anh - 2014
Vietnam's industrial development since doi moi is a success, but only a partial one. This paper provides a political economy account of Vietnam's industrial growth since 1986. It shows that the key determinant of Vietnam's industrial growth lies in the relationship between the party-state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494250
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Twenty years of political transition
Treisman, Daniel - 2010
What explains the divergent political paths that the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have followed since the fall of the Berlin Wall? While some appear today to be consolidated democracies, others have all the features of consolidated autocracy. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280128
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Why are the elite in China motivated to promote growth?
Zang, Xiaowei - 2010
's developmental elites to understand their motivations for economic growth in the reform era. To better understand whether or not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280188