The literature on product quality in markets where product attributes are not readily observable indicates that information asymmetries and incentive problems may lead to the under-provision of quality. This paper contributes to this literature by estimating the effects of village-level...

Farm-gate buying by small itinerant buyers is the dominant mode of primary marketing in Tanzania's maize market. This paper estimates the effect of household distance to market on maize farm-gate prices, and the extent to which seasonally determined search costs can explain price variations...

HID has been active in the area of tax reform for the past twenty years. This work began in 1975, with a study of mineral taxation in Bolivia and has continued through projects in a wide range of countries including: Indonesia ( mining taxation, 1976-1997, comprehensive tax reform, 1981-1986,...

This study examines the employment experience of workers in Canada who were unemployed at some point during the period 1972 through 1979. The employment-unemployment experience of workers over this eight-year period was derived from a data base constructed from the one-in-ten sample of the...

This study examines the durations of unemployment and employment for those in Canada who experience some unemployment between 1972 and 1979. This analysis was carried out using the UIC-ROE data base developed from the administrative records of the Unemployment Insurance Commission. This data...

This paper provides an overview of labour adjustments situations in Canada, the incentives to adjust from the perspective of the workers and the costs and benefits to the economy of different labour adjustment problems and policies. Conceptual models and estimation procedures for arriving at the...

The issues which confront government in developed countries like Canada concerning the choice between trade or protection are related to concerns in three distinct, yet inter-connected areas, namely: international development, national industrial development, and political exigencies and...

While employment policy in Canada has on specific occasions undertaken varied tasks, three principal objectives have consistently been part of the Canadian Government’s policy over the past three decades. First, there has been a commitment to maintaining a low rate of unemployment. Second,...