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Trade and migration with renewable natural resources: Out-of-steady-state dynamics
López, Ramón; Schiff, Maurice - 2010
Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led to increased pressure on common-property renewable natural resources (NR). The problem is particularly worrisome for economies that obtain a large share of their income from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269825
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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333351
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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884135
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Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics
López, Ramón; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led to increased pressure on common-property renewable natural resources (NR). The problem is particularly worrisome for economies that obtain a large share of their income from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506066
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Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries
Verhoogen, Eric - 2021
been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be adopted, a process often referred to as industrial upgrading …-level empirical research on the determinants of upgrading in developing countries. The first part focuses on how to define and measure … various dimensions of upgrading - learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882434
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Shirking, Standards and the Probability of Detection
Sessions, John G.; Skåtun, John D. - 2015
standards and efficiency wages are related. In a more general setting where the probability of detection depends upon the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513206
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Shirking, Standards and the Probability of Detection
Sessions, John G.; Skåtun, John D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
standards and efficiency wages are related. In a more general setting where the probability of detection depends upon the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195827
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Minimum wages, globalization and poverty in Honduras
Gindling, T. H.; Terrell, Katherine - 2006
increases in Honduras reduce extreme poverty, with an elasticity of -0.18, and all poverty, with an elasticity of -0.10 (using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267710
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Minimum wages and the welfare of workers in Honduras
Gindling, T. H.; Terrell, Katherine - 2007
Taking advantage of a complex minimum wage structure in Honduras, this paper examines how changes in minimum wages over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268316
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Part-time work, gender and job satisfaction: evidence from a developing country
López Bóo, Florencia; Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen - 2009
from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268968