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The Effect of Changes in the Skill Premium on College Degree Attainment and the Choice of Major
Abramitzky, Ran - 2019
We study the impact of financial incentives on higher education decisions and the choice of major. We rely on a reform whereby Israeli kibbutzim shifted from their traditional policy of equal sharing to productivity-based wages. We use for identification the staggered implementation of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480363
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The Long-Term Spillover Effects of Changes in the Return to Schooling
Abramitzky, Ran - 2018
We study the short and long-term spillover effects of a pay reform that substantially increased the returns to schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453201
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Financial Crisis in a Socialist Setting : Impact on Political Behavior, Social Trust, and Economic Values
Abramitzky, Ran; Ben-Porath, Netanel; Lavy, Victor; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Research on the political and social impacts of financial crises has focused chiefly on free market economies, hindering our understanding of their effects in other settings. We exploit an episode of a financial crisis that hit the Israeli kibbutzim to study its impact in a socialist context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226115
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The Effect of Labor Market Liberalization on Political Behavior and Free Market Norms
Abramitzky, Ran; Ben-Porath, Netanel; Lahad, Shahar; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, we show that the reform led to increased support for free-market policies such as full privatization and differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334404
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Restructuring
Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000112367
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Privatization and nationalization cycles
Chang, Roberto - 2009
"This paper studies the cycles of nationalization and privatization in resource-rich economies. We discuss available … evidence on the drivers and consequences of privatization and nationalization, review the existing literature, and present … of the observed cycles of privatization and nationalization, and is consistent with a variety of observed phenomena …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394323
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The creation of the rule of law and the legitimacy of property rights : the political and economic consequences of a corrupt privatization
Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2005
investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522421
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Risk aspects of investment-based social security reform
Campbell, John Y. (contributor);  … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001476940
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Committing to Grow : Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337877
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Reluctant Entrepreneurs : Evidence from China's SOE Reform
Fang, Hanming; Li, Ming; Wu, Zenan; Zhang, Yapei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the impact of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the quality of entrepreneurship in China. Using long series of firm registration and performance data, we document that the massive SOE downsizing in the late 1990s significantly improved the quality of entrepreneur- ship. Compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372457