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students and district-level administrative data on mining production and the redistribution of mining taxes to local … governments, we find no effect from production. However, redistribution of mining taxes increases math test scores by 0 … increases in adult employment and health outcomes of adults and children, as key mechanisms from the redistribution. Policy …
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To study the causal impact of oil royalties on human capital, we exploit quasi-experimental variation arising from a law in Ecuador that transfers resources to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties increase the likelihood of students completing primary...
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theorem on commodity taxes in the optimal taxation literature. Naito (1999) showed that indirect redistribution through … the production efficiency theorem is not necessarily valid and that indirect redistribution from the able to the less able …
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theorem on commodity taxes in the optimal taxation literature. Naito (1999) showed that indirect redistribution through … the production efficiency theorem is not necessarily valid and that indirect redistribution from the able to the less able …
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If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …
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The accumulation of human capital is usually considered an important corner stone in a country's economic development. While the use of resource rents to improve an educational system and, thus, increase the level of human capital appears to be an attractive option, resource rich economies...
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This paper empirically analyses the effects of natural resources on both the quantity and quality of human capital. A panel of 162 countries for the period 1996-2014 is employed and allows us to confirm the crucial role of institutions showing that the negative association between natural...
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students and district-level administrative data on mining production and the redistribution of mining taxes to local … governments, we find no effect from production. However, redistribution of mining taxes increases math test scores by 0 … increases in adult employment and health outcomes of adults and children, as key mechanisms from the redistribution. Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744596