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Trade Liberalisation in a Heckscher–Ohlin Model: Does Public Skill Formation Change the Conventional Results?

PATRON, ROSSANA - In: Indian Economic Review 47 (2012) 1, pp. 1-13

Standard trade theory suggests that trade liberalisation produces opposite effects on human capital accumulation in developed and developing countries, reducing the incentives to invest in education in skill-scarce countries. Would conventional wisdom be modified if we introduce public provision...

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Has transition improved well-being?

Gruen, Carola; Klasen, Stephan - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 1, pp. 11-30

economic performance, inequality-adjusted well-being measures, subjective well-being measures, and non-income dimensions of …-transition period, the sharp rise in inequality and low levels of social indicators and subjective well-being suggest that well-being in …

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Relative deprivation, reference groups and the assessment of standard of living

Silber, Jacques; Verme, Paolo - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 1, pp. 31-45

This paper proposes two new indices of relative deprivation, derived from an extension of the concept of generalized Gini to the measurement of distributional change. Population- and income-weighted relative deprivation indices are then defined and, using panel data from the Consortium of...

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Inequality, corruption and the informal sector

Dobson, Stephen; Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 1, pp. 104-107

The marginal impact of corruption on income inequality is shown to be a linear function of the size of the informal … sector. This implies that anti-corruption policies alone are unlikely to reduce inequality in countries with a large informal …

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Big BRICs, weak foundations: The beginning of public elementary education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Chaudhary, Latika; Musacchio, Aldo; Nafziger, Steven; … - In: Explorations in Economic History 49 (2012) 2, pp. 221-240

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest …

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When sociable workers pay off: Can firms internalize social capital externalities?

Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra; Roseta-Palma, Catarina; … - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 23 (2012) 2, pp. 127-136

We use an endogenous growth model to contrast the socially optimal allocation of human capital with the decentralized solution, in a context where workers make the choices that determine social capital accumulation. As social capital is expected to increase productivity but is not traded in...

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Remittances for economic development: The investment perspective

Le, Thanh - In: Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 6, pp. 2409-2415

Based on the economic theory of the family, this paper constructs a model of remittances where the migrant, besides sending money to his family, also invests in his home country. The investment is looked after by a family member in return for some monetary compensation. The model focuses on two...

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The impact of child labor on schooling outcomes in Nicaragua

Buonomo Zabaleta, Mariela - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1527-1539

Child labor is considered a key obstacle to reaching the international commitments of Education For All. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of child labor on educational attainments is mostly limited to static measurements. This paper assesses the consequences of child labor on...

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Evidence on Caste Based Discrimination

Siddique, Zahra - In: Labour Economics 18 (2011) S1, pp. 146-146

Caste based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate about introducing similar quotas in private sector jobs. This paper uses a correspondence study to determine the extent of caste based discrimination in the Indian private sector....

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Labor migration, human capital agglomeration and regional development in China

Fu, Yuming; Gabriel, Stuart A. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 3, pp. 473-484

We estimate a skill-based directional migration model to assess the effects of regional human capital agglomeration on labor migration in China. Upon accounting for regional differentials in skill-based compensation, cost-of-living, amenities, and the like, model estimates indicate the...

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