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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …, the estimates posit a decline in both infant and child mortality in Kenya, Benin and Ivory Coast; infant mortality in …

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AMMA 2005 Dakar International Conference to be Held November 28-December 2, 2005

Lamb, Peter - 2008

); and Francis Dide (Benin Weather Service).I am confident that the participation of the above individuals in the Conference …

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Relationship of Development and Fiscal Indicators with Agricultural Producer Support in the OECD Economies

Siudek, Tomasz; Zawojska, Aldona - 2011

The paper seeks to quantify the effects of macro development and fiscal indicators on the agriculturalproducer support in the OECD countries during the period 1986-2009. The study is complementaryto the body of microeconomic research that highlights the importance of support toagriculture...

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Interjurisdictional Competition and Public-Sector Modernisation - Theory and Empirics

Daniel Thomas Becker - 2008

This dissertation analysis the consequences of interjurisdictional competition for a mobile tax base for the efficiency of the public sector and the growth potential of a jurisdiction.

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Three Essays in Public Finance and Labor Economics.

Lovenheim, Michael Frederick - 2007

The first paper of this dissertation utilizes unique data on teachers' union election certifications in Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota to analyze the effect of teachers' unions on education production. I find teachers' unions have no impact on teacher pay, class sizes, or per-student expenditures,...

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Essays on Crime and Tax Evasion

Turner, Sean C - 2010

This dissertation consists of three essays addressing two issues related to crime and tax evasion. The first essay investigates the relationship between property and violent crime with law enforcement expenditures. The second essay examines the market structure in transition economies and the...

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Direct democracy and government size : evidence from Spain

Sanz, Carlos

La democracia directa se está expandiendo por el mundo, pero aún se sabe poco sobre sus efectos en las políticas públicas. En este artículo se da evidencia a partir de un escenario único. En España, la Ley determina que los municipios se rijan por un sistema de democracia directa o...

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International oil and gas exploration and development: 1991

2008

This report starts where the previous quarterly publication ended. This first publication of a new annual series contains most of the same data as the quarterly report, plus some new material, through 1991. It also presents historical data covering a longer period of time than the previous...

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria

Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...

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