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Globalization, Gender and Development: The Effect of Parental Labor Supply on Child Schooling
Marchand, Beyza Ural; Rees, Ray; Riezman, Raymond - CESifo - 2011
Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within households, which in turn affects child outcomes. We estimate how changes in parental labor supply due to these tariff reductions affect child schooling by focusing on young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833909
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Does an R&D Tax Credit Affect R&D Expenditure? The Japanese R&D Tax Credit Reform in 2003
Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Shimotsu, Katsumi; Suzuki, Michio - CESifo - 2013
To what extent does a tax credit affect firms’ R&D activity? What are the mechanisms? This paper examines the effect of R&D tax credits on firms’ R&D expenditure by exploiting the variation across firms in the changes in the eligible tax credit rate between 2000 and 2003. Estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877675
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing … with regulated prices to uninsured services with unregulated prices. Japan, in its approach to rate-setting for insured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522410
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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions—and particularly trust in banks, business and government—has declined over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in institutions. Cross-country comparisons reveal a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872215
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Dynamics and Time Scope of Post War Recovery Required for Compensating Civil War Economic Losses
Nam, Chang Woon; Schumacher, Jan - CESifo - 2013
Civil war is often caused by poverty, and further demolishes existing capital. Such a vicious circle is detrimental for economic development of countries experiencing civil war. Civil war may also contribute to creative destructions of traditional economic, social and political system, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690376
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Political versus Economic Institutions in the Growth Process
Flachaire, Emmanuel; García-Peòalosa, Cecilia; Konte, Maty - CESifo - 2011
After a decade of research on the relationship between institutions and growth, scholars in this field seem to be divided. Economic institutions perform well in growth regressions and a body of literature argues that this supports the key importance of institutions for development. Other authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021242
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Landownership Concentration and the Expansion of Education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik - CESifo - 2011
This paper studies the effect of landownership concentration on school enrollment for nineteenth-century Prussia. Prussia is an interesting laboratory given its decentralized educational system and the presence of heterogeneous agricultural institutions. We find that landownership concentration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325808
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Good Institutions are not enough: Ongoing Challenges of East German Development
Carlin, Wendy - CESifo - 2010
A major theme in accounts of the transitional recession and delayed convergence in post-communist economies is the role of institutions. Yet via unification, East Germany had immediate access to credible, high quality institutions. This paper argues that success in a capitalist economy depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671711
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Revisiting the Link between Growth and Federalism: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach
Asatryan, Zareh; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2013
Following the ambiguous results in the literature aimed at understanding the empirical link between fiscal federalism and economic growth, this paper revisits the question using a Bayesian Model Averaging approach. The analysis suggests that the failure to appropriately account for model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690384