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the difference in labour force participation persist. Akerlof and Kranton introduce the concept of identity from sociology … persistence. We extend the analysis proposed by Bertrand et al. for Brazil. Specifically, we analyse the impact of gender identity …
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In the developing world, clientelism is common. In Africa, public office is often used to redistribute resources to ethnically defined constituencies, and this form of clientelistic exchange is a key determinant of vote choice. Does clientelistic exchange shape trust in elected officials as...
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different for various identity groups (caste and religion) depending on the region to which they belong. We also study what this …
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transition of workers within different types of informal employment. Our results further indicate that both self-employed and …
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, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition … story, in which changes in income distribution result from the shift from plan to market. Third is incomplete transition …
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was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a … poverty before 1978? How was it possible for China to achieve an extraordinary performance during its transition? Why did most … other transition economies failed to achieve a similar performance? What price did China pay for its success? Can China …
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Using data from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) 2005, we examine intergenerational occupational mobility in India, an issue on which very few systematic and rigorous studies exist. We group individuals into classes and document patterns of mobility at the rural, urban and all-India...
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While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level evidence on gender differences among MFI employees and MFIs' relation to economic development. We use a unique panel dataset of employees from Latin America's...
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Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...
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Between 2000 and 2013, Colombia experienced rapid economic growth. The country suffered a slowdown at the beginning of the period and during the international crisis of 2008, but during both slowdowns, the growth rate never turned negative. Most labour market indicators improved and followed the...
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