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Did the nation-wide implementation of e-FMS in MGNREGS result in reduced expenditures? : a reexamination of the evidence

Goel, Deepti; Meenakshi, J. V.; Souza, Zaeen de - 2022

This paper revisits a part of the analysis by Banerjee et al. (2020), in which they examine the consequences of the nation-wide scale up of reforms to the funds management system (e-FMS) in India's national workfare programme, using a two-way fixed effects specification. They report a...

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Decentralisation and Economic Growth - Part 3: Decentralisation, Infrastructure Investment and Educational Performance

Fredriksen, Kaja - 2013

Theories of fiscal competition between jurisdictions suggest that investment in productive relative to consumptive spending is higher in a decentralised setting, and that efficiency of the public sector is also higher. This paper empirically analyses the link between decentralisation and the...

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The Spatial Probit Model of Interdependent Binary Outcomes : Estimation, Interpretation, and Presentation

Franzese, Robert J. - 2008

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New Evidence on Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of Government

Fiva, Jon H. - 2006

This paper adds to the literature by utilizing improved data on tax revenue decentralization to re-examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the size of government. An econometric analysis using panel data from 18 OECD countries shows that fiscal decentralization matters for...

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Does capitalism disfavor women? : evidence from life satisfaction

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

There is widespread concern, especially in certain feminist circles, that a market-oriented economic system, or capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career opportunities, disparities in ownership and the upholding of...

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The role of aggregate preferences for labor supply - evidence from low-paid employment

Haywood, Luke; Neumann, Michael - 2017

Labor supply in the market for low-paid jobs in Germany is strongly influenced by tax exemptions - even for individuals to whom these exemptions do not apply. We present compelling evidence that an individual's choice set depends on other workers' preferences because firms cater their job offers...

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The effect of debt intensity on the asymmetric cost behavior : empirical evidence from local governments

Karatzimas, Sotirios; Naoum, Vasilios Christos; … - In: Journal of public budgeting, accounting & financial … 36 (2024) 4, pp. 514-535

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Poverty reduction dynamics in Brazil : a spatial beta convergence analysis across municipalities

Drumond, Carlos Eduardo Iwai; Jesus, Cleiton Silva de; … - In: The empirical economics letters : a monthly … 19 (2020) 12, pp. 1481-1490

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Evaluation of the level of shadow economy in Lithuanian regions

Remeikienė, Rita; Gasparėnienė, Ligita; Yorulmaz, Özlem - In: Journal of business economics and management 22 (2021) 5, pp. 1360-1377

) and population's density are the key factors that show how municipalities address the issues of the shadow economy. 10 … municipalities with respectively high or low levels of the shadow economy were ranked for each period under consideration. The maps … that estimates the size of the shadow economy in 60 municipalities (a small regional division) with different economic …

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The distributional impact of local banking : evidence from the financial and sovereign-debt crises

Peruzzi, Valentina; Murro, Pierluigi; Di Colli, Stefano - 2023

This paper investigates whether local cooperative banks mitigated income inequality in Italian municipalities after the … lower in municipalities with at least one cooperative bank branch. The same result, that is a mitigation of income … impact of cooperative banks after the two crises was particularly relevant in small municipalities, and where the level of …

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