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Economic and non-economic returns to Communist Party membership in Viet Nam
Markussen, Thomas; Ngo Quang-Thanh - 2018
Single-party political systems exist in a number of countries, such as China and Viet Nam. In these countries, party … differences between party members and others. Results suggest that party membership has a moderate positive effect on income, on … the order of seven per cent, and a large positive effect on subjective well-being, even after controlling for income …
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The happy farmer : self-employment and subjective well-being in rural Vietnam
Markussen, Thomas; Fibæk, Maria; Tarp, Finn; Tuan, … - 2014
income, age, gender, children, ethnicity, marital status, schooling, landlessness, migration, social networks and shocks. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400648
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Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment : caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses
Deshpande, Ashwini; Sharma, Smriti - 2015
Using the 2004-05 India Human Development Survey data, we estimate and decompose the earnings of household businesses owned by historically marginalized social groups known as Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCSTs), and non-SCSTs across the earnings distribution. We find clear differences in...
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Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy : long-term evidence from Indonesia
Rizky, Mayang; Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep - 2020
We use long-spanning individual longitudinal data to examine the long-term labour market outcomes of low-tier informal workers. We investigate their characteristics, calculate the extent of switching, and identify the characteristics of those who have switched. Finally, we estimate the earnings...
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Aid and governance in vulnerable states : Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971
Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2013
Bangladesh and Pakistan had very divergent experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in terms of opportunities for intermediate class political entrepreneurs. In this context, the significant role of military aid to Pakistan had very negative effects on its...
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Institutional reforms debate and FDI flows to MENA region : does one 'best' fit all?
Mina, Wasseem Michel - 2011
The paper revisits the policy debate on institutional reform approaches to property rights protection and empirically examines it in the context of FDI flows to the Middle East and Northern Africa region (MENA).Using panel data on 11 MENA countries for the period 1991-2007 and adopting feasible...
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"Delangokubona" and the distribution of rents and opportunity : an exploration of tensions over race-based policies of redress and redistribution in South Africa
Cawe, Ayabonga - 2022
Capital spending on infrastructure presents a significant counter-cyclical tool, however contested it might be in a society as unequal as South Africa. The history of racial capitalism, racebased exclusion from economic participation, and an enduring political economy based on the concentration...
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Managerial attributes and enterprise access to formal credit in Myanmar
Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2019
Using data from a new survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Myanmar, we analyse enterprise demand for formal credit and the extent to which they are constrained in the formal credit market. We account for firms self-selecting out of the credit market in Myanmar. Our data contain...
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Capital allocation, credit access, and firm growth in Viet Nam
Kinghan, Christina; Newman, Carol; O'Toole, Conor - 2018
In this paper, we explore the relationship between firm growth, access to finance, and the efficiency of capital allocation in Viet Nam over the period 2005-2015. Using data from the UNU-WIDER Viet Nam SME survey, we test whether firms with higher marginal returns to capital are more or less...
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Why are the elite in China motivated to promote growth?
Zang, Xiaowei - 2010
Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political … regimes, autocratic leaders are interested in high growth rates. It also studies the historical development of China …
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