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Long-Run Effects of Temporary Incentives on Medical Care Productivity

Celhay, Pablo A. - 2017

temporary financial incentives paid to medical care clinics for the initiation of prenatal care in the first trimester of … while the incentives were being paid, and this effect persisted at least 15 months and likely 24 months or more after the … incentives ended. These results are consistent with a model where the incentives enable providers to address the fixed costs of …

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Geography and Exporting Behavior : Evidence from India

Mukim, Megha - 2012

This paper examines locational factors that increase the odds of a firm's entry into export markets and affect the intensity of its participation. It differentiates between two different sources of spillovers: clustering of general economic activity and that of export-oriented activity. It also...

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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance : A Review of Cross Country Evidence

Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2021

of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

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Are Minimum Wages and Payroll Taxes a Constraint to the Creation of Formal Jobs in Morocco?

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. - 2017

This paper uses a search-and-matching model to examine the effects of labor regulations that influence the cost of formal labor (notably minimum wages and payroll taxes) on labor market outcomes in Morocco. The model assumes that the informal sector is unregulated and thus not directly affected...

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Labor Market Regulations : What Do We Know About Their Impacts in Developing Countries?

Betcherman, Gordon - 2017

regulation, minimum wages and employment protection legislation (EPL), on employment, earnings, and productivity. Strong and …

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Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market : The Case of Mauritius

Asmal, Zaakhir - 2018

This paper investigates the effect of multiple minimum wages, known as remuneration orders, on employment and working hours in Mauritius. Using data between 2004 and 2014, the analysis indicates that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wages brings about a slightly positive effect on employment...

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Busting the Myth : The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Wage: The Experience of Romania

Heemskerk, Frank - 2018

This paper discusses the impact of a gradual, pre-announced significant increase of the minimum wage during 2013?16 in Romania. The main finding is that the positive effects prevail when the starting level of increase in the minimum wage is very low and the economy is in a negative output gap....

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Do Firms Exit the Formal Economy after a Minimum Wage Hike?

Acar, Aysenur - 2019

to significantly increase the destruction rate of formal firms. Effects are concentrated among small and low-productivity … firms while exits of high-productivity firms are unaffected. The increase in firm exits is larger in industries with small …

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The Impact of Minimum Wage Hikes on Employment and Wages in Cambodia

Shrestha, Maheshwor - 2019

Using an event-study framework, this paper examines the impact of four minimum wage hikes between 2008 and 2015 on the Cambodian labor market. The analysis finds that, except for immediate adjustments around the time of the hikes, the minimum wage hikes did not affect participation rates in the...

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Can Minimum Wages Close the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from Indonesia

Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2018

Using manufacturing plant-level census data, this paper demonstrates that minimum wage increases in Indonesia reduced gender wage gaps among production workers, with heterogeneous impacts by level of education and position of the firm in the wage distribution. Paradoxically, educated women...

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