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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832265
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
Previous papers tested the validity of the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH) among immigrants by comparing the labor market outcomes of immigrant couples and native or mixed couples. Here we propose an alternative test for the FIH which is based on a comparison between married and single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003835083
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894752
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - In: Review of development economics 14 (2010) 2, pp. 374-385
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975915
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Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?
Epstein, Gil S. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159940
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New directions or not : USAID in Latin America
Gang, Ira N. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 18 (1990) 5, pp. 723-732
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001087905
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation. Both women acquiring greater access to education and men increasing their migration abroad contribute to reducing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396830
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Mobility Where Mobility is Illegal: Migration and City Growth in the Soviet Union
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1998
his paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many … cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334273
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Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334321
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The Political Economy of Russian City Growth
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1999
This paper examines the political economy of Russian city growth. For the 1980s, we model the growth of 168 Russian cities located in 71 Russian provinces (oblast level). We examine the role of both general socio-economic characteristics and specific state controls. Our goal is to understand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334322