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Income tax flattening : does it help to reduce the shadow economy?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009
This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow … analysis provides strong evidence of a positive relationship between income tax rates and the size of the shadow economy. The … and disappears in the long run. -- Shadow economy ; tax evasion ; personal income tax ; corporate income tax ; flat tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860712
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Income Tax Flattening : Does it Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009
This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow … analysis provides strong evidence of a positive relationship between income tax rates and the size of the shadow economy. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158670
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Income Tax Flattening : Does it Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009
This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow … analysis provides strong evidence of a positive relationship between income tax rates and the size of the shadow economy. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220422
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Policy challenges for the next 50 years
Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - 2014
transform into rising income inequality, the ability of governments to cushion this impact may be limited, as rising trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374491
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Teaching practices and social capital
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, Andrei - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516921
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'The' market for higher education : does it really exist?
Becker, William E.; Round, David K. - 2009
Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of this work, however, appears to have made any effort to define carefully the boundaries of the relevant market for higher education, which is the subject of this particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003830201
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Teaching Practices and Social Capital
Algan, Yann - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119011
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People & Culture : What Human Resources Strategy for a University Promoting a Sustainable World?
Galliot, Brigitte; Zossou, Liliane - 2021
University; (ii) an information system adapted to HR performance management with appropriate indicators; (iii) a strong … effectiveness of the various structures to which they belong, and the attractiveness of the University. The inclusion of women and … environment strongly imbued with the values of the University, enabling the shaping and dissemination of a similar corpus of good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013242571
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International Initiatives that Facilitate Global Mobility in Higher Education
Terry, Laurel S. - 2012
This article identifies a number of international initiatives that have contributed to, reflect, or facilitate global higher education mobility. The article begins by presenting statistics about global higher education mobility. The sections that follow address a number of “hard law” and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174572
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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920009