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Expediting Trade : Impact Evaluation of an In-House Clearance Program

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2018

that allows qualified firms in Serbia to clear customs from within their own warehouse rather than at the customs office …

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Organizing Knowledge to Compete : Impacts of Capacity Building Programs on Firm Organization

Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da - 2017

A growing literature aiming at explaining differences across firms in productivity and access to global export markets has focused on the internal organization of firms. This paper contributes to this literature by evaluating the impact of a program that focuses on enhancing competitiveness of...

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Updating the Poverty Estimates in Serbia in the Absence of Micro Data : A Microsimulation Approach

Cojocaru, Alexandru - 2017

The continued poverty impact of the financial crisis in Serbia is difficult to establish beyond 2010 because of the … pathway of the financial crisis in Serbia, the labor market. The results suggest a further increase in poverty in 2011 on …

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Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing : Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia

Koehler, Dominik - 2018

Serbia, using evidence from field experiments. In Serbia, "feminine boys," widely perceived as being gay, were at least three …

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Rural Vulnerability in Serbia

Ersado, Lire - 2016

the nature, extent, and causes of rural vulnerability in Serbia using panel national household data from the 2002 and 2003 … Serbia Living Standard Surveys. He measures rural vulnerability as a function of nonstochastic determinants of poverty as …

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Understanding the Operations of Freight Forwarders : Evidence from Serbia

Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra - 2018

. This paper reports the results from a survey of 153 freight forwarding firms in Serbia. Respondents report on firm … estimated that the contracted value of one additional (unexpected) day of delivery time in Serbia appears to be approximately 1 …

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Gender Inequality in the Labor Market in Serbia

Reva, Anna - 2017

This paper presents a broad overview of labor market indicators for men and women in Serbia with a focus on employment … results of the Labor Force Surveys conducted in Serbia in April 2008 and October 2009. The findings show that although the … overall labor market situation in Serbia is difficult, women are in a much more disadvantageous position than men. Women are …

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Prospects of Estimating Poverty with Phone Surveys : Experimental Results from Serbia

Boznic, Vladan - 2017

Telephone surveys enable us to collect data in a cost-effective and timely manner, but may not be conducive for collecting detailed consumption or income data for measuring poverty due to the required length of the interview and complexity of the questions. Combining telephone surveys with a...

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Weather Index Insurance and Shock Coping : Evidence from Mexico's Cadena Program

De Janvry, Alain - 2017

Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a...

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Bank Competition, Financial Dependence, and Economic Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Caggiano, Giovanni - 2017

The relationship between bank competition, firm access to finance, and economic growth is a much debated topic in the economic literature and in policy circles. This paper uses a panel of 23 manufacturing sectors over 2002-10 to investigate the impact of bank competition on industry growth in...

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