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A comparison and decomposition of reform-era labor force participation rates of China's ethnic minorities and Han majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - 2009
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832166
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A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2009
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159948
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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2006
Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China's transition - both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733553
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A Systems View to IT Policy in Developing Countries : An Example from Venezuela
Reaiche, Carmen - 2021
Developing countries are finding that maintaining adequate Information Technology (IT) policies is still a challenge if they aim to their socio-economic development. This paper will explore the argument that some developing countries could benefit from a systems’ view approach to policy that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219601
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Russia Fall China Rise : Simulation Results of SAM Models for Transiting Economies
Cohen, S. I. - 2016
The paper reports on multiplier analysis of comparable Social Accounting Matrices for Russia and China. The benchmark is around 1990, which constitutes a crucial year in the transition of the two countries to mixed market-state economies. The relative sizes of the two economies have reversed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997583
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Economic Sustainability of Kosova as an Independent State, and the Role of Resolution 1244 in Achieving Economic Sustainability
Perritt, Henry H. - 2012
Four years of political trusteeship by the international community over Kosovo have produced insufficient progress on the economic front. The unemployment rate remains close to 60%; no overall vision for economic self-sufficiency exists; privatization has barely begun; and few steps have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075376
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History’s Choke-Hold : An Epilogue or Five Years Since
Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V. - 2023
This analytical review covers macroeconomic and social developments across the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union (CEE and FSU) between 2018 and 2023. The emphasis is on historical continuity given the mix of the latest global and regional shocks. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014259825
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Explaining Postcommunist Economic Performance
King, Lawrence P. - 2004
This article critiques neoliberal transition theory from a neoclassical sociological perspective. Neoliberals argue that postcommunist economic failure is the result of inadequate adherence to neoliberal precepts. This paper argues that the neoliberal policy package of "Shock Therapy"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014085357
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The Lights of Iraq : Electricity Usage and the Iraqi War-Fare Regime
Cerami, Alfio - 2018
This article explores the lights of Iraq, Iraq's variety of capitalism (VoC) and its system of public and fiscal … governance. The first section examines Iraq's VoC, which I define oil-led state-captured capitalism with associated oil-led state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916029
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Does Microfinance Cause or Reduce Suicides? Policy Recommendations for Reducing Borrower Stress
Ashta, Arvind - 2015
At a time when suicides by microfinance borrowers in Andhra Pradesh are extensively discussed, this paper makes an … initial tentative exploration into the impact of microfinance on suicides. Does MF reduce or increase suicides? Data … correlations (not significant) with female suicide rates – but no relation between microfinance and total suicides. Cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038427