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The determinants of domestic resources mobilization in Togo : the case of public revenuesx

Amadou, Akilou - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 77-84

Like many developing countries, Togo is facing a deficit of financial resources that leads to a dependence on international financial institutions. A better mobilization of internal resources could allow this country to reduce its deficit of resources and better control its process of economic...

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Key sectors of the Namibian economy

Humavindu, Michael N.; Stage, Jesper - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 2 (2013), pp. 1-15

linkages in terms of output effects, whilst for employment and income effects, the agriculture sector is paramount. The results …

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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27

employment, wages, and hours of work. In order to assess whether the changes experienced by workers in the sectors analysed were … income as a result of the law. -- minimum wage ; South Africa ; wage ; employment ; hours of work …

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Mental health : the new frontier for labour economics

Layard, Richard - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-16

affects earnings and educational success. But, most strikingly, it affects employment and physical health. In advanced …

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The Portuguese non-observed economy

Afonso, Oscar; Gonçalves, Nuno - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 23-57

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the volume of the Non-Observed Economy (NOE) in Portugal, by estimating, based on MIMIC models (multiple indicators multiple causes), its path in the period 1977-2008. On the one hand, given the influence of the tax burden, the burden of...

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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth of Pakistan

Saqib, Najia; Masnoon, Maryam; Rafique, Nabeel - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 35-45

Given contrasting evidence in the literature pertaining to the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the host country’s economy, we take the case of Pakistan and test the said association for this nation. The data used for this study has spanned over the period of 1981 till 2010. Besides FDI,...

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self … employment. Greater risk of informal wage non-payment can raise or lower informal wage employment, depending on the source of … risk. Informal wage employment can be reduced by increasing detection efforts or by strengthening contract enforcement for …

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Corruption and firm performance : evidence from Greek firms

Athanasouli, Daphne; Goujard, Antoine; Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 43-67

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt...

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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition

Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

employment in Romania from 1993 to 1995. The data show not only a large drop in aggregate industry employment, but also a decline …

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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...

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