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Many comparisons of the performance of public and private producers use a public/private ownership dummy variable to capture cost differences in cross section data. This is appropriate if the producer choice is random. The dummy variable model is, however, logically inconsistent if the producer...
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This paper makes use of a growth accounting framework to examine the importance of public capital for private sector productivity growth. Most measures of multifactor productivity consider only the inputs of the business sector. This paper produces an alternate measure of multifactor...
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Infrastructure is the backbone of every economy. It delivers basic services critical to sustainable economic growth …, improved living standards, and shared prosperity. The traditional role of financing and operating infrastructure projects has …
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This paper presents new evidence on the links between public-infrastructure provisioning and time allocation related to … the water sector in India. An analysis of time-use data reveals that worsening public infrastructure affects market work …, with evident gender differentials. The results also suggest that access to public infrastructure can lead to substitution …
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Tunisia's has made significant investments in infrastructure, which has contributed to economic growth. The investments … have enabled reasonably good access to basic infrastructure services. While access rates are high, the relative quality of … Tunisia's infrastructure has deteriorated significantly over the last ten years. State-owned enterprises (SOEs), which …
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