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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/10011611222
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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/10011596960
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Redistribution, inequality and political participation : evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis
Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico. The results show that increases in the coverage of the programme during the 2008 financial crisis resulted in greater individual participation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568213
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Intergovernmental fiscal transfers and tactical political maneuverings : evidence from Ghana's District Assemblies Common Fund
Fumey, Abel - 2018
This paper examines the influence of political considerations on intergovernmental fiscal transfers in Ghana. The two-step system GMM approach was used to estimate transfers and elections data for 167 districts from 1994 to 2014. The analysis was country-wide and covers swing districts as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806757
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Inequality and voting in fragile countries : evidence from Mozambique
Bove, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jones, Sam; … - 2024
The political consequences of economic inequality have been debated in academic and policy circles for centuries. The nature of this relationship seems highly dependent on specific contexts, with empirical studies showing mixed evidence on how economic inequality affects voting and other forms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481167
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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/10011337152
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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/10010349406
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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/10010438036
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Civil society, institutional change and the politics of reform : the great transition
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro; Fidrmuc, Jan; Roland, … - 2010
; institutions ; economic reform ; democratization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661253
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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/10008661296