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Economic freedom and income inequality: Does political regime matter?

Ahmad, Mahyudin - In: Economies 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-28

panel GMM estimation method, an inequality model that explicitly captures the interaction effect of economic freedom and …

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Democracy and inter-regional trade enhancement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Gravity model

Durmaz, Nazif; Kagochi, John - In: Economies 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

There has been considerable research on the effect of democracy on trade openness since the 1980s when development strategies toward free trade and democracy were rapidly adopted in developing countries. Most studies have focused on Asian, Latin American, and former soviet bloc countries and few...

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Turkish migration to Europe: A modified gravity model analysis

Dedeoğlu, Dinçer; Genç, H. Deniz - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 17, pp. 1-19

This study specifies and applies a gravity model to provide empirical evidence on determinants of emigration from Turkey to 31 destination European countries over the period between 1960 and 2013. Results under alternative estimation strategies show that economic, demographic and cultural...

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Comparing retrospective and panel data collection methods to assess labor market dynamics

Assaad, Ragui; Krafft, Caroline; Yassin, Shaimaa; … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 17, pp. 1-34

There is potential for measurement problems in both retrospective and panel microdata. In this paper, we compare … results on basic indicators related to labor markets and their dynamics from retrospective and panel survey data in Egypt, in … of reporting of time-invariant characteristics in different waves of the panel, (2) compare the retrospective and panel …

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Enforcement of labor regulations and job flows: Evidence from Brazilian cities

Abras, Ana; Almeida, Rita K.; Carneiro, Pedro; … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 24, pp. 1-19

The frequency of labor inspections in Brazil increased in the late 1990s. In the years that followed, between 2003 and 2007, formal employment expanded significantly in the country. This paper examines whether these city-level changes in labor inspections could be a significant factor...

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Estimating taxable income responses with elasticity heterogeneity

Kumar, Anil; Liang, Che-Yuan - 2017

illustrate the empirical importance of our theoretical analysis using the NBER tax panel for 1979-1990. We show that elasticity …

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A robust approach to heteroskedasticity, error serial correlation and slope heterogeneity for large linear panel data models with interactive effects

Hayakawa, Kazuhiko; Nagata, Shuichi; Yamagata, Takashi - 2018

heterogeneity for large linear panel data models. First, we establish the asymptotic validity of the Wald test based on the widely … used panel heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent (HAC) variance estimator of the pooled estimator under random …

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The Aftermath of the Economic Crisis: Healthcare Systems' Inequalities in Europe

Palasca, Silvia; Enea, Sebastian - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 4, pp. 75-91

and the negative outcomes on a social level. In this regard, a panel data analysis was employed, focusing on out …

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Government ideology and monetary policy in OECD countries

Cahan, Dodge; Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

We examine the extent to which government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries since the 1970s. In line with important changes in the global economy and differences across countries, regression results yield heterogeneous inferences depending on the time period and the...

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Presence of language-learning opportunities and migration

Huber, Matthias; Übelmesser, Silke - 2019

This paper analyses the effect of the presence of German language learning opportunities abroad on migration to Germany. We use information on the presence of the Goethe-Institut (GI), which is an association that promotes German culture and offers language courses and standardized exams. Our...

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