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COVID-19 in Central America : effects of firm resilience and policy responses on employment

Olvera, Beatriz Calzada; Gonzalez-Sauri, Mario; Louvin, … - 2021

With data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, this paper examines how firm-level resilience capabilities interact with government support in the reduction of lay-offs among formal firms in Central America. We estimate two latent variables to approximate resilience-related capabilities before...

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How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar? : evidence from matched employer-employee data

Falco, Paolo; Gioia, Francesca; Trifkovic, Neda - 2021

The quality of people's jobs is a fundamental determinant of their well-being, and judging the state of a labour market on the basis of job quantity alone delivers a very partial picture. This study is an attempt to place the spotlight on the working conditions of workers in the Myanmar...

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Pecuniary returns to working conditions in Viet Nam

Nordman, Christophe J.; Sharma, Smriti - 2018

Using matched worker-firm data from three waves of the Viet Nam Small and Medium Enterprises data, we examine whether workers are compensated with higher wages for working in vulnerable jobs and unfavourable working conditions. Wage equations indicate that there are no clear compensating...

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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries

Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016

when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …

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Countering global oil theft : responses and solutions

Romsom, Etienne - 2022

This second of two papers on global oil theft discusses ways to reduce oil theft, misappropriation, and fraud. At US$133 billion per year, oil is the largest stolen natural resource globally, while fuel is the most smuggled natural resource. Oil theft equates to 5-7 per cent of the global market...

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Clientelism, public goods provision, and governance

Lo Bue, Maria C.; Sen, Kunal; Lindberg, Staffan I. - 2021

, increased political corruption, and weaker rule of law. We also find that the deleterious effects of political clientelism are …

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Corruption and crisis : do institutions matter?

Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2022

about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political … and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the long-term effects of past crises on corruption. We hypothesize … corruption. We test our hypotheses using panel data for over 100 countries during the years 1800- 2020. The results suggest …

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Global oil theft : impact and policy responses

Romsom, Etienne - 2022

This paper, the first of two on global oil theft and fraud, discusses the prevalence, methods, and consequences of global oil theft, valued at US$133 billion per year and equivalent to 5-7 per cent of the global market for crude oil and petroleum fuels. However, the impact of oil theft is...

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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries

Marcolongo, Giovanna; Zambiasi, Diego - 2022

of offshore entities as an indicator of corruption risk. We find that the number of new shell companies increases by 11 … the award of an exploration licence increases the risk of corruption. Consistent with rent-maximising behaviour, this … association is stronger when the price of oil increases. Our work informs the fight against corruption, proposing greater …

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Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? : an empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world

Cooray, Arusha; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; De … - 2020

COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of healthcare equity and lower political corruption, because the health sector …

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