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Econometric Analysis Of Efficiency In The Indian Manufacturing Sector
Dimitriu, Maria Caracota; Savu, Blessy Mathew - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2010) 1, pp. 182-197
in India is dichotomous in nature, depending on whether the firm in question functions in the formal or informal sector …
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El Perú hacia 2062: pensando juntos el futuro
Bonifaz, José Luis; Casas, Carlos; Sanborn, Cynthia A.; … - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2013
Hace un año, un grupo heterogéneo de investigadores del Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP) inició un esfuerzo colectivo para pensar en el futuro de nuestra economía y sociedad más allá del corto plazo. El trabajo que presentamos a continuación resume algunas...
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The poverty-assistance paradox
Janky, Béla; Varga, Dániel - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 3, pp. 447-449
We present a model of preferences on welfare transfers, which incorporates the recipient’s wealth as a signal of needs and deservingness. We show that a paradox may arise: the poorer the recipient is, the less transfer he/she will get. Implications might include the negative impact of...
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Una aproximación a los determinantes del Capital Social individual en España
Esteban, Jose Manuel Lasierra - In: Hacienda Pública Española 210 (2014) 3, pp. 33-55
En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de los determinantes del capital social individual medido en forma de participación en asociaciones y en diversas formas de acción colectiva. la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida en el trabajo disponía de una información, que permitía evaluar en qué medida...
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Female Transition to Retirement
Ch³oñ-Domiñczak, Agnieszka - Instytut Badań Strukturalnych - 2013
and duration of employment as well as generosity and income redistribution mechanisms within pension systems. …
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Interactions between Agricultural and Resource Policy: Taking into account Downside Risk Aversion
Donoso, Guillermo Donoso Harris; Just, Richard E. - Departamento de Economia Agraria, Pontificia … - 2011
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The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries: A Human Capital Approach
Polachek, Solomon; Xiang, Jun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Social Survey Programme), LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) and OECD wage data for 35 countries covering 1970-2002, we show that …
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Ethnic stereotypes and preferences on poverty assistance
Horváth, Ágnes; Janky, Béla - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
The authors introduce a simple model of public preferences on poverty assistance. Their focus is on the roles played by the socioeconomic status of a potential welfare recipient and the stereotypes about his/her ethnic group in shaping taxpayers' preferences on appropriate assistance. The model...
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Why pay child benefits to Mothers?
Woolley, Frances - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 2002
's incomes. Is income generally placed into a single pool, to which both parents have access, or do partners control their own … incomes? How much access to income do unwaged parents enjoy? I then turn to the maternalist case for paying benefits to women … account in one of the parents' names, or an account in the child's name? Is it treated the same way as employment income, or …
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Social Safety Nets: What Can the Caribbean Expect?
Theodore, Karl; Foucade, Althea Dianne La - EconWPA - 2001
By the end of 1999 HIV/AIDS was present in at least 200 countries and approximately 34.3 million people were living with the disease, 5.3 million of whom had been infected in that year alone (WHO 2000). Approximately 21.8 million persons had died from AIDS by 2000 and countries where life...
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