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collaboration and knowledge creation among previously antagonistic groups, including government. …
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Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the evolution of the financing regimes. The e?ectiveness...
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short-term indicators of health and education in an average African country, there is little evidence to suggest that such …
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The paper examines earnings inequality and earnings returns to education in China among four types of workers … enjoyed advantages. The commonly observed higher earnings returns to education in the market sector are only limited to recent … who "jumped" into the market in later stage of the reform. The findings challenge the prevailing wisdom that education is …
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An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this accomplishment? The theoretical literature and attendant empirical evidence are inconclusive. Using data for 2.9 million wage earners in Hungary we find that the male-female difference...
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, during the 1987-2004 period. Our results indicate that education differences between Hindu and Muslim wage earners …, especially differences in the proportion of wage earners with tertiary education, are largely responsible for the differences in … education do not explain the aforementioned difference in average (log) earnings. Citing other evidence about persistence of …
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enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China … of 1999 and spring of 2000, demonstrates that education is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. Educational … attainment is an important and significant factor in the lay-off decision-the more education a worker has the better his/ her …
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as age, working time, primary education, and number of siblings) and household economic situation (such as parental … education, household’s per capita expenditure, and cost of schooling). In general, the effects of these determinants on the …, a comprehensive approach is needed to deal with it. Moreover, at present the low quality of education is serious problem …
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We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to ‘excessive’ entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a...
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There is a major debate regarding the role of concentrated family ownership and control in large firms, with three positions suggesting that such concentration is (1) good, (2) bad, or (3) irrelevant for firm performance. This article reports two studies to shed further light on this debate....
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