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Brain gain: claims about its size and impact on welfare and growth are greatly exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice - 2005
such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education's positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267439
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Welfare Effects of Property Taxation
Löffler, Max; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2021
We analyze the welfare implications of property taxation. Using a sufficient statistics approach, we show that the tax … inelastic. Combining reduced form estimates with our theoretical framework, we simulate the welfare effects of property taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597341
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Religious minorities and provision of public goods: Evidence from rural West Bengal
Das, Pranab Kumar; Kar, Saibal; Kayal, Madhumanti - 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India. In several districts of West Bengal in India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282122
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Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education’s positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233894
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Religious Minorities and Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from Rural West Bengal
Kumar Das, Pranab; Kar, Saibal; Kayal, Madhumanti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India. In several districts of West Bengal in India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371865
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Is International Trade Always Beneficial to Labor Markets? A Case Study from Egypt
Robertson, Raymond; Vergara Bahena, Mexico Alberto; … - 2022
Egypt's industries heavily rely on imported goods for production. Thus, an increase in imports could have a potentially positive effect on the labor market as it means more inputs for the production of exporting goods. Alternatively, minimal backward linkages in global value chains (GVCs) could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470389
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Exports and Labor Demand: Evidence from Egyptian Firm-Level Data
Berg, Claudia N.; Robertson, Raymond; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys - 2022
Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization. In this paper, we build upon the earlier work of Robertson et al. (2021) to investigate why increased Egyptian exports did not directly increase employment. To illustrate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470390
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Who Is Against Immigration? : A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2004
This paper empirically analyzes both economic and non-economic determinants of attitudes toward immigrants, within and across countries. The two individual-level survey data sets used, covering a wide range of developed and developing countries, make it possible to test for interactive effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261871
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How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2004
One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L?Esprit des Lois, argued, ?peace is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262075
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Trade and Child Labor : A General Equilibrium Analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bandyopadhyay, Sudeshna C. - 2005
aggregate welfare. …
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