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One of the most salient features of developing economies is the existence of a large informal sector. This paper uses quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor and long-run growth. Our model can generate...
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One of the most salient features of developing economies is the existence of a large informal sector. This paper uses quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor and long-run growth. Our model can generate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328942
Kommunalverwaltungen bedienen sich des Mediums Internet, um Bürgern und Wirtschaft zu jeder Zeit und an jedem Ort die Möglichkeit zu bieten, Informations-, Kommunikations- und Transaktionsdienstleistungen der Verwaltung in Anspruch nehmen zu können. Bevor Verwaltungsdienstleistungen...
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Im Rahmen des E-Government sollen dem Bürger Verwaltungsdienstleistungen durch moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IKT) auf elektronischem Wege einfacher zugänglich gemacht werden. Ermöglicht wird dieses Vorhaben auf kommunaler Ebene durch das so genannte Virtuelle Rathaus. Im...
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In this paper, we provide new explanations for the puzzling findings in the literature that migrants do not decrease natives' wages, and that skilled immigration can actually increase them. We develop a model with regional labor markets and heterogeneous firms in which workers of different skill...
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Choice-based health insurance systems allow individuals to select a health plan that fits their needs. However, bounded rationality and limited attention may lead to sub-optimal insurance coverage and higher-than-expected out-of-pocket payments. In this paper, we study the impact of providing...
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Procedural failures of physicians or teams in interventional healthcare may positively or negatively predict subsequent patient outcomes. We identify this effect by applying (non-)linear dynamic panel methods to data from the Belgian Transcatheter Aorta Valve Implantation (TAVI) registry...
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Die transdisziplinäre Innovationsgruppe UrbanRural SOLUTIONS im Rahmen des BMBF-Förderschwerpunkts Nachhaltiges Landmanagement verfolgt das Ziel, effektive regionale Kooperationen für eine nachhaltige Daseinsvorsorge zu initiieren. Dazu werden im Dialog mit der Praxis Elemente aus der...
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