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Land Ceiling Legislations, Land Acquisition and De-industrialisation: Theory and Evidence from the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha; Chowdhury, Prabal Roy; Saher, Zoya - 2021
. India's land ceiling legislations of 1960s and 1970s imposed a ceiling on maximum land holdings and redistributed above … reduce transactions costs of land acquisition, policies that we claim are also applicable beyond India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658203
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Governance and Public Service Delivery in India
Afridi, Farzana - 2017
Centre (IGC) supported research on governance and public service delivery in India. Existing research suggests that the … incentives, transparency and state capacity as the key challenges to reducing the governance deficit in India. IGC supported … corruption. There is near consensus, however, that India has had limited success in reducing poverty and enhancing human capital …
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Informal sector and corruption: An empirical investigation for India
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - 2011
India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278797
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Informal Sector and Corruption: An Empirical Investigation for India
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868134
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Happiness and loss aversion: when social participation dominates comparison
Vendrik, Maarten C. M.; Woltjer, Geert - 2006
A central finding in happiness research is that a person's income relative to the average income in her social reference group is more important for her life satisfaction than the absolute level of her income. This dependence of life satisfaction on relative income can be related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277002
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Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being - 20 Years of Interdependent Multidimensional Polarization in Germany
Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina - 2021
Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income but a broader spectrum of dimensions is required to draw the picture of multiple facets of individual life. In our study of multidimensional polarization we extend the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882446
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Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison
Vendrik, Maarten; Woltjer, Geert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A central finding in happiness research is that a person’s income relative to the average income in her social reference group is more important for her life satisfaction than the absolute level of her income. This dependence of life satisfaction on relative income can be related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703835
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The linkages between FDI and domestic investment: unravelling the developmental impact of foreign investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ndikumana, Léonce; Verick, Sher - 2008
While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the question remains as to the impact of these resource inflows on economic development. This study posits that a key channel of the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268902
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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets
Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282595
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The Linkages between FDI and Domestic Investment: Unravelling the Developmental Impact of Foreign Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ndikumana, Leonce; Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the question remains as to the impact of these resource inflows on economic development. This study posits that a key channel of the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763464