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Politics and the geographic allocation of public funds in a semi-democracy. The case of Ghana, 1996-2004

André, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - DIAL - 2011

and swing districts. Our results, however, suggest that the opposite was true of Ghana. We observe that pro … ballotage séré. Cependant, nous montrons le contraire dans le cas du Ghana. Nous observons que, lorsque le parti NDC était au …-démocratique tel que le Ghana, le gouvernement tout en poursuivant des objectifs électoralistes craint l’instabilité politique et tente …

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Sitting on the fence: Pork-barrels and democratization under threat of conflict. The case of Ghana, 1996 - 2004

André, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application … - 2013

empirically observe the first democratic changeover in Ghana in 2000. Implementing a diff-in-diff strategy, we find that districts …

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Sitting on the fence: Pork - barrels and democratization under threat of conflict. The case of Ghana, 1996 - 2004

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

empirically observe the first democratic changeover in Ghana in 2000. Implement- ing a diff-in-diff strategy, we find that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708144

Politics and the Geographic Allocation of Public Funds in a Semi-Democracy. The Case of Ghana, 1996-2004

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

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The Allocation of Public Goods and National Elections in Ghana

Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

and swing districts. Our results, however, suggest that the opposite was true of Ghana. We observe that pro …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712479

The spatial Polish wage curve with gender effects: Evidence from the Polish Labor Survey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Rokicki, Bartlomiej - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 49 (2014) C, pp. 36-47

This paper reconsiders the Polish wage curve using individual data from the Polish Labor Force Survey (LFS) at the 16 NUTS2 level allowing for spatial spillovers between regions. In addition it estimates the total and gender-specific regional unemployment rate elasticities on individual wages....

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The Brazilian Wage Curve: New Evidence from the National Household Survey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Rokicki, Bartlomiej; Barreiro de … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper reconsiders the Brazilian wage curve using individual data from the National Household Survey at 27 Federative Units over the period 2002 - 2009. We find evidence in favor of the Brazilian wage curve with an unemployment elasticity of -0.08 when the lagged unemployment rate is used as...

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The Polish Wage Curve: Micro Panel Data Analysis Based on the Polish Labor Force Survey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Rokicki, Bartlomiej - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyzes the Polish wage curve using individual data from the Polish Labor Force Survey (LFS) at the 16 NUTS2 regions over the period 1999 - 2010. This survey does not gather information on wages of self-employed or paid family workers. After excluding the unemployed, inactive and...

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How Different are the Wage Curves for Formal and Informal Workers? Evidence from Turkey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası - 2012

This paper presents wage curves for formal and informal workers using a rich individual level data for Turkey over the period 2005-2009. The wage curve is an empirical regularity describing a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and individuals' real wages. While this...

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The Turkish wage curve: Evidence from the Household Labor Force Survey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 1, pp. 128-131

This paper examines the Turkish wage curve using individual data from the Household Labor Force Survey including 26 NUTS-2 regions over the period 2005–2008. We find an unemployment elasticity of −0.099, with a higher elasticity for younger, less educated, less experienced and female workers.

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