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Self-employment and labor market risks
Audoly, Richard - 2024
I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze...
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The relative volatility of commodity prices: A reappraisal
Arezki, Rabah; Lederman, Daniel; Zhao, Hongyan - 2011
This paper studies the volatility of commodity prices on the basis of a large dataset of monthly prices observed in … evidence does not actually attempt to measure the volatility of prices of individual goods or commodities. The literature tends … to focus on trends in the evolution and volatility of ratios of price indexes composed of multiple commodities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280809
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Are neighbours equal? Estimating local inequality in three developing countries
Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Peter; Mistiaen, Johan; Özler, Berk - 2003
Based on a statistical procedure that combines household survey data with population census data, this paper presents estimates of inequality for three developing countries at a level of disaggregation far below that allowed by household surveys alone. We show that while the share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279064
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Local embeddedness and economic and social upgrading in Madagascar's export apparel industry
Staritz, Cornelia; Morris, Mike - 2013
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Madagascar is different to the other main SSA low-income country (LIC) apparel … instability that led to the loss of AGOA status at the end of 2009. This paper assesses the development of Madagascar's export … industry. The paper concludes that, despite the contraction in the exportoriented apparel industry post-AGOA, Madagascar is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369653
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The political economy of relief aid allocation: evidence from Madagascar
Francken, Nathalie; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009
major cyclone (Gafilo) hit Madagascar in March 2004. Relief was provided by the Government of Madagascar as well as local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313247
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Measuring food security using respondents' perception of food consumption adequacy
Migotto, Mauro; Davis, Benjamin; Caretto, Gero; Beegle, … - 2006
: Albania, Indonesia, Madagascar and Nepal. Simple descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, contingency tables and …
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Price and Inventory Dynamics in an Oligopoly Industry: A Framework for Commodity Markets
Steinmetz, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyzes the interaction between price and inventory decisions in an oligopoly industry and its implications for the dynamics of prices. The work extends existing literature and especially the work of Hall and Rust (2007) to endogenous prices and strategic oligopoly competition. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294737
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Price and inventory dynamics in an oligopoly industry: A framework for commodity markets
Steinmetz, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyzes the interaction between price and inventory decisions in an oligopoly industry and its implications for the dynamics of prices. The work extends existing literature and especially the work of Hall and Rust (2007) to endogenous prices and strategic oligopoly competition. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300834
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Price volatility, speculation and excessive speculation in commodity markets: Sheep or shepherd behaviour?
Algieri, Bernardina - 2012
. In particular the relationship between speculation and price volatility on the one side, and the linkage between … excessive speculation and price volatility on the other side, is carefully examined with the scope to establish whether … volatility drives speculation or speculation drives price volatility, or whether there are no linkages between the two variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323659
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Commodity prices, financial markets, and development: Effects of the financialisation of commodity markets and necessary policy reforms
Staritz, Cornelia; Heumesser, Christine; Küblböck, Karin - 2013
Given the far-reaching implications of commodity prices for developing countries an understanding of the factors behind recent commodity price developments is crucial. ÖFSE research shows that besides structural changes in fundamental supply and demand conditions, the increasing presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377393