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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labour, Firm Size and Firm Performance

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and … level, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, we show that in areas where law enforcement …

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Ability Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality and Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper develops a growth model in which the endogenous evolution of technological progress and wage inequality is consistent with the observed pattern in the United States and several European economies in the last two centuries. The model accounts for: a) the rise in wage inequality between...

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Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Besley, Timothy J.; Burgess, Robin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that pro-worker amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act are associated with lowered investment, employment, productivity and output...

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Accounting for Cross-Country Income Differences

Caselli, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Why are some countries so much richer than others? Development Accounting is a first-pass attempt at organizing the answer around two proximate determinants: factors of production and efficiency. It answers the question ‘how much of the cross-country income variance can be attributed to...

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Wage Growth, Productivity Growth, and the Evolution of Employment

Hellwig, Martin F; Irmen, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the impact of wage growth on the evolution of employment in an intertemporal general-equilibrium model with endogenous productivity growth. For real wage growth above laissez-faire levels, we obtain steady-state equilibria in which productivity grows at the same rate as wages,...

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Dynastic Management

Caselli, Francesco; Gennaioli, Nicola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Dynastic management is the inter-generational transmission of control over assets that is typical of family-owned firms. It is pervasive around the world, but especially in developing countries. We argue that dynastic management is a potential source of inefficiency: if the heir to the family...

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Cable Regulation in the Internet Era

Crawford, Gregory S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

television regulation in light of these developments. It surveys the dismal empirical record on the effects of price regulation …

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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education

Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...

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The Regulation of Entry

Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; López-de-Silanes, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We present new data on the regulation of entry of start-up firms in 85 countries. The data covers the number of … are extremely high in most countries. Countries with heavier regulation of entry have higher corruption and larger … have lighter regulation of entry. The evidence is inconsistent with public interest theories of regulation, but supports …

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Business Environment and Firm Entry: Evidence from International Data

Klapper, Leora; Laeven, Luc; Rajan, Raghuram G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a country drives the creation of new firms. Our focus is on regulations governing entry. We find entry regulations hamper entry, especially in industries that naturally should have...

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