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Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...
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Privatizing Canada Post would improve its governance, and introducing competition would provide economic discipline that does not at present exist, without imperiling universal service. Compensation for existing postal workers affected by reform would ease the transition.
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This paper deals with main feature of Russia's public sector, privatization plan and changes in the legistation which …
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This paper deals with main feature of Russia's public sector, privatization plan and changes in the legistation which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595511
service, the privatization of the telecommunications industry in Peru led to price changes that had an impact on consumer … welfare and that may be correlated with the negative public opinion of the privatization process. …
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growth. Most of the studies surveyed show that privatization enhances privatized firms performance, efficiency, and … frameworks. Partial privatization may be beneficial in countries with weak institutions, namely, the French civil law countries … to economic growth. Overall, privatization allows firms to achieve improved efficiency while driving the development of …
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. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with … difference-in-difference-in-difference approach. The results indicate that privatization and the associated increase in …
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This article evaluates EU policies on public services – particularly public network services - from the citizens´ point of view. It is first argued that citizens´ perceptions about these services are important because they are essential for quality of life, but also because they exhibit...
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Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The...
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Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457202