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Why Are Women Less Democratic Than Men? Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Konte, Maty - HAL - 2013
A substantial literature has examined the determinants of support for democracy and although existing work has found a gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females are less supportive of democracy than males in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933801
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Mesures techniques, Choix Institutionnels et Equité dans l'usage d'une ressource commune : Le cas du littoral marseillais
Ami, Dominique; Rouchier, Juliette - HAL - 2014
remises en cause alors que les règles constitutionnelles permettant de penser la dynamique des institutions semblent avoir …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933810
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Protests and Beliefs in Social Coordination in Africa
Sangnier, Marc; Zylberberg, Yanos - HAL - 2013
aftermath of geo-localized social protests in Africa, we find that trust in monitoring institutions and beliefs in social … the country's institutions. Our interpretation is the following. Agents lend their taxes to a leader with imperfect … information on the leader's type and the underlying capacity of institutions to monitor her. A misbehavior is then interpreted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933911
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Enjeux et impacts du processus d'adhésion de l'Algérie à l'OMC
Talahite, Fatiha; Barbet, Philippe; Souam, Saïd - HAL - 2008
Le processus d'accession de l'Algérie à l'OMC, qui a débuté en 1987 dans le cadre du GATT, est de loin le plus long parmi les négociations en cours. Malgré ce délai, un certain nombre de problèmes importants doivent encore être réglés pour aboutir à un accord. Le passage du GATT à...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930165
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The Contribution of Douglass North to New Institutional Economics
Ménard, Claude; Shirley Mary M. - HAL - 2011
North's evolving ideas about institutions and explains how North's work shaped the emerging field of new institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930236
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Political versus Economic Institutions in the Growth Process
Flachaire, Emmanuel; Garcìa-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Konte, Maty - HAL - 2011
After a decade of research on the relationship between institutions and growth, scholars in this field seem to be … divided. Economic institutions perform well in growth regressions and a body of literature argues that this supports the key … importance of institutions for development. Other authors maintain that the type of constraints that the recent theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643229
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INTRODUCING A STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE IN MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
Margolis, David - HAL - 2013
The motivation for introducing statutory minimum wages in many developing countries is often threefold: poverty-reduction, social justice and growth. How well the policy succeeds in attaining these goals will depend on the national context and the numerous choices made when designing the policy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750975
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Institutions, unemployment and inactivity in the OECD countries
Amable, Bruno; Demmou, Lilas; Gatti, Donatella - HAL - 2006
This paper provides new evidence on the linkages between a large array of institutional arrangements (on product, labour and financial markets) and employment performance. Our analysis includes unemployment, inactivity and jobless rates, thus allowing us to control for possible substitution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738731
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Explaining Russian manufacturing exports: Firm characteristics and external conditions
Rosa, Donato De - HAL - 2006
This paper examines the exporting behaviour of Russian manufacturers by considering the effects of firm characteristics and external conditions. Two measures of export behaviour are considered: the decision to export and the share of exports to developed markets. I find that specific exporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738982
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Le pouvoir du positivisme et ses limites : microéconométrie et macroéconométrie actuelles du développement
Cartier-Bresson, Jean - HAL - 2013
de la recherche en économie du développement. Cette dérive concerne le sujet phare du moment : les institutions, leur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821321