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Strengthening state capabilities: The role of financial incentives in the call to public service
Dal Bó, Ernesto; Finan, Frederico S.; Rossi, Martín A. - 2012
We study a recent recruitment drive for public sector positions in Mexico. Different salaries were announced randomly across recruitment sites, and job offers were subsequently randomized. Screening relied on exams designed to measure applicants' intellectual ability, personality, and...
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Language diversity in urban landscapes : an econometric study
Onofri, Laura; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Cenoz, Jasone; … - 2008
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003715296
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The cost-effectiveness evaluation of minority language policies : case studies on Wales, Ireland and the Basque Country
Grin, François; Vaillancourt, François - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001425297
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The impact of multilingualism on host language acquisition
Budría, Santiago; Swedberg, Pablo - In: Empirica : journal of european economics 46 (2019) 4, pp. 741-766
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242448
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Language Diversity in Urban Landscapes : An Econometric Study
Onofri, Laura; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Cenoz, Jasone; … - 2014
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218193
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Revising arguments for the modern policy framework : an empirical study
Roestel, Jan - 2011
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Economic viability and political integrity of microstates
Claflin-Chalton, Sandra Jeanne - 1994
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Does Sovereignty Matter for Growth? An Analysis of Growth Rates between 1870 and 1950
Alam, M. Shahid - 2006
This paper is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the connections between sovereignty (or its absence) and … growth rates in lagging countries over the period 1870 to 1950. Using a four-fold taxonomy of sovereignty, our estimates of … sovereignty differentials for growth rates of per capita income for 1900-1950 show a quantitatively strong positive impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053786
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The impact of intellectual property rights on international self-employed rates
Burke, Andrew E.; Fraser, Stuart - 2005
The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271927
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Self-Employed Entrepreneurship: an International Analysis
Burke, Andrew; Fraser, Stuart - 2005
The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279544