We investigate whether mining affects local-level corruption in Africa. Several cross-country analyses report that … 500 industrial mines. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find evidence that mining increases bribe payments …. Mines are initially located in less corrupt areas, but mining areas turn more corrupt after mines open and actively produce …

effort and political moral hazard, and the general thrust of the results described above is preserved. -- Taxation ; mining … ; rent extraction ; royalty ; non-renewable natural resource ; presentvalue-of-revenue auction …

explore the case of Peru, a mining-rich middle income country where -exploiting a unique data set constructed for this purpose …- we are able to assess systematic differences in district-level welfare outcomes between mining and non-mining districts …. We find evidence that the condition of being mining-abundant district have a significant impact on the pace of reduction …

Over the last fifteen years many African countries have experienced a "mining take-off". Mining activities have …-scale, labour-intensive artisanal mining, which, at present, is catalyzing far greater immediate primary, secondary and tertiary … employment opportunities for unskilled African labourers. Youth residing in mining settlements, have a large vested interest in …

with only modest success. This paper looks at what the country needs to do to create a mining fiscal regime that could … for mining within the tax agency, preferably headed by a commissioner, could help enhance productivity. …

The objective of this paper is to explore the evolution of mining employment patterns throughout Australia’s mining … cycle. The study employs a real business cycle model to examine mining employment activities both before and after the … mining boom. It also attempts to shed light on the research in the current economic climate of extreme uncertainty, in which …

effects, increased household investments, and increased returns to education in mining districts are potential mechanisms …