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Market reforms and efficiency gains in Chile

Bergoeing, Raphael; Hernando, Andrés; Repetto, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 217-242

-plant improvements and by the net entry of new units. We also find that plants producing traded goods and plants facing liquidity …

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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...

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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

Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...

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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from remittance-receiving households are less likely to participate in the labor market and supply fewer hours when they do. The results are robust to different measures of...

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Social networks and wages in Senegal’s labor market

Beradi, Nicoletta - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-26

We develop a theoretical framework that considers the role played by moral hazard and the diversity of networks and cultures in the choice of hiring channel. In favoritism contexts social networks, and particularly strong ties, are adopted as hiring channels for unskilled jobs and result in wage...

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Threshold conditions' and regional convergence in European agriculture

Alexiadis, Stilianos; Alexandrakis, Alexandros - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 2, pp. 13-37

Convergence across regional economies has spurred one of the most debatable issues in contemporary research in economics. In this paper we seek to address the question of whether, during the period 1995-2004 the NUTS-2 regions of EU-26 exhibited a tendency to converge in terms of agricultural...

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Does human capital cause economic growth? : a case study of India

Haldar, Sushil Kumar; Mallik, Girijasankar - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 7-25

This study examines the time series behavior of investment in physical capital, human capital (comprising education and health) and output in a co-integration framework, taking growth of primary gross enrolment rate and a dummy for structural adjustment programme (openness which has been...

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Impact of FDI on economic development : a causality analysis for Singapore ; 1976 - 2002

Feridun, Mete; Sissoko, Yaya - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 7-17

This study examines the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP per capita and foreign direct investment for Singapore, using the methodology of Granger causality and vector auto regression (VAR). Evidence shows that there is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct...

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Economic growth in Latin America : structural breaks or fundamentals?

Chumacero, Rómulo A.; Fuentes, J. Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 2, pp. 141-154

Despite having accumulated physical and human capital at significant rates, Latin America's growth has been generally disappointing. Successful growth episodes have been accompanied by surges in TFP, sound and stable macroeconomic policies, and fewer distortions and government interventions....

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Macroeconomic regimes, policies and outcomes in the world

Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 161-187

This paper analyzes entry deterrence strategies at sequential multi-unit Englishtype repeated auctions, motivated by … entry deterrence observed at a series of yearly auctions of fishing rights occurring since the early 1990s in the Chilean …-cooperative entry deterrence strategies or else may have colluded for that purpose. A two-stage competition model is developed. In the …

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