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Basu, Arnab K. - 2011

examine labor and output market responses to a productive rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and determine the optimal …

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Slavery, education, and inequality

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010

slave states. -- slavery ; development ; inequality ; institutions ; education …

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Origins and implications of family structure across Italian provinces in historical perspective

Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2016

In this study we review the literature on the origins and implications of family structure in historical perspective with a focus on Italian provinces. Furthermore we present newly-collected data on three of the main features of family structure: female mean age at marriage, the female celibacy...

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Family structure and the education gender gap : evidence from Italian provinces

Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2014

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....

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Job creation in a multi-sector labor market model for developing economies

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Fields, Gary S.; … - 2016

This paper proposes an overlapping generations multi‐sector model of the labor market for developing countries with … an iconic paradox in a class of multi‐sector labor market models in which the creation of high‐wage employment …

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Entrepreneurship in transition economies : the role of institutions and generational change

Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010

The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market … Europe. We link these differences partly with the legacy of communist planning, which needs to be replaced with formal market …-supporting institutions. But many of these developments have now taken place, yet entrepreneurial activity still remains low in many places …

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Shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry

Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010

We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positive linear link between the size of...

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Do institutions have a greater effect on female entrepreneurs?

Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009

This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new …

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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011

We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...

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Contractual dualism, market power and informality

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2011

representations are not compatible with each other. We develop a search-theoretic model of contractual dualism in the labor market … where the inability to commit to contracts in the informal sector leads to employer market power in equilibrium, while an … enforced minimum wage in the formal sector provides employers with a commitment technology but which reduces their market power …

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