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Drivers of Entrepreneurship: Linking with Economic Growth and Employment Generation (A Panel Data Analysis)
Rasool, Farhat; Gulzar, Ahmed; Naseer, Shaheen - In: The Pakistan Development Review 51 (2012) 4, pp. 587-606
The need for entrepreneurship for economic development has always been crucial in the history of successful nations and developed economies because entrepreneurs are the leaders who invent innovative ideas that give spark to economic activities. Entrepreneurship is a key determinant of...
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Does the Recent Success of some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms?
Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
investigate how unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … have experienced a mild increase, other countries have had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also ‘successful …
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK’s approach to social insurance is “basic security”, with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high...
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The Choice of Institutions: The Role of Risk and Risk-Aversion
Weinhold, Diana; Zak, Paul J. - EconWPA - 2005
Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms … simultaneously extant institutions. This paper presents a simple model of institutional choice in a labor market when there is a risk …
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Die fiskalische Bilanz eines Kindes im deutschen Steuer- und Sozialsystem : Studie im Auftrag der Robert Bosch Stiftung
Werding, Martin; Hofmann, Herbert - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag der Robert Bosch Stiftung im ifo Arbeitsbereich "Sozialpolitik und Arbeitsmärkte" erstellt und im Juni 2005 abgeschlossen, um die Arbeit der von der Bosch Stiftung initiierten Kommission "Familie und demographischer Wandel" zu unterstützen. Gegenstand...
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Vom OFFENSIV-Gesetz zur "Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe" : Ein Konzept zur Reform der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik als Beitrag zu mehr Beschäftigung und Wachstum ; Studie im Auftrag...
Holzner, Christian; Ochel, Wolfgang; Werding, Martin - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
Die vorliegende Untersuchung des ifo Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung analysiert vier verschiedene Konzepte für Reformen der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik in Deutschland, die im Laufe des Jahres 2002 von verschiedener Seite in die politische Diskussion eingebracht wurden. Ziel ist, auf...
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Gouvernance, Démocratie et lutte contre la pauvreté en afrique : Expérience et point de vue de la population de huit métropoles Enquêtes 1-2-3, Premiers résultats
Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Roubaud, François - DIAL - 2005
to be thought of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially … public institutions) and type of political regime or, more generally speaking, the society’s system of values. To meet this … qualité des institutions (notamment publiques) et le type de régime politique ou plus généralement le système de valeurs de la …
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Reforms, Entry and Productivity: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - 2006
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
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Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - 2006
In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia …
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Policy, Economic Federalism & Product Market Entry: The Indian Experience
Bhaumik, Sumon; Gangopadhyay, Shubhasish; Krishnan, Shagun - 2006
Productivity growth has long been associated with, among others, contestability of markets which, in turn, is dependent on the ease with which potential competitors to the incumbent firms can enter the product market. There is a growing consensus that in emerging markets regulatory and...
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