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Does Birthplace Diversity Affect Economic Complexity? Cross-Country Evidence

Bahar, Dany - 2019

We empirically investigate the relationship between a country's economic complexity and the diversity in the birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that birthplace diversity is strongly and positively associated with economic complexity. This holds particularly for...

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The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firmsâ€™ Offshoring Decisions

Moriconi, Simone - 2019

The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms’ potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and...

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The Socio-Economics of Pandemics Policy

Snower, Dennis J. - 2020

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments around the world have provided a massive fiscal and monetary stimulus … selfish individuals and more on the mobilization of people's prosocial motives. Finally, to encourage people around the world … encourage people around the world to cooperate globally in tackling global problems, with the aid of two powerful tools that …

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Vat Compliance, Trade, and Institutions

Morrow, Peter - 2019

We develop a simple structural model of value added tax (VAT) compliance, and estimate it using widely available national accounts data to learn about compliance in countries where little is currently known. International border controls improve VAT compliance, generating a correlation between...

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Slavery, Corruption, and Institutions

Rauscher, Michael - 2019

We develop a model where firms profit from coercing workers into employment under conditions violating national law and international conventions and where bureaucrats benefit from accepting bribes from detected perpetrators. Firms and bureaucrats are heterogeneous. Employers differ in their...

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Efficiency of Universities and Research-Focused Institutions Worldwide : An Empirical DEA Investigation Based on Institutional Publication Numbers and Estimated Academic Staff Numbers

Bornmann, Lutz - 2020

One of the core indicators in the field of scientometrics is the number of papers published by a unit within a given period. However, such indicators can only be assessed properly by considering the unit's available resources. When evaluating the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem...

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The Devil is in the Shadow : Do Institutions Affect Income and Productivity or Only Official Income and Official Productivity?

Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021

This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...

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Does Religious Diversity Improve Trust and Performance? Evidence from Lebanon

Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; Mouganie, Pierre - 2022

Religious divisions have long played a primary role in major conflicts throughout much of the world. Intergroup contact …

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Gender Diversity, Gender in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2022

This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has a positive effect on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany, which contain unique information on whether a director...

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Betting on Diversity – Occupational Segregation and Gender Stereotypes

Fischbacher, Urs; Kübler, Dorothea; Stüber, Robert - 2023

Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...

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