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IZA Discussion Paper No. 4834
Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?
Fabrizio Coricelli, Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal, Isabelle Roland
revised version published as 'When does leverage hurt productivity growth? A firm-level analysis' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2012, 31 (6), 1674-1694
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833
Public Education for the Children Left Behind
Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4820
The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
Axel Dreher, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, Eric Werker
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 62 (1), 157-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4808
Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?
Paul J. Burke, Andrew Leigh
published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (4), 124-157
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4805
Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published in: Maria Minniti (ed.) 2011, The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data, Oxford, pp.181-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4802
The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
Mehtabul Azam, Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61 (2), 335-367
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4786
Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Monika Schnitzer
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(5), 1115-1152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4784
Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth: The Case of Chinese Provinces
Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar
published in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2011, 78 (4), 575-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4776
Wage Work for Women: The Menstrual Cycle and the Power of Water
Yasheng Maimaiti, W. Stanley Siebert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4762
Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance
Solomon Polachek, Daria Sevastianova
published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2012, 21 (3), 361 - 388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4759
The Analytical Returns to Measuring a Detailed Household Roster
Richard Akresh, Eric V. Edmonds
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4740
Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico
Francisco Javier Arias-Vazquez, Oliver Azuara, Pedro Bernal, James J. Heckman, Cajeme Villarreal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4737
Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Francesc Ortega
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 57-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4736
Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants
Alan Barrett, Jean Goggin
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 213 (1), R43-R51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4726
Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe
Alexander M. Danzer
revised version published as 'Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 1059-1084
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711
Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Olivier B. Bargain, Prudence Magejo
published as 'Earnings Structure, Informal Employment and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S100-S122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4688
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 77-104
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4668
Land Rights Insecurity and Temporary Migration in Rural China
Maëlys de la Rupelle, Deng Quheng, Shi Li, Thomas Vendryes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4659
Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola
revised version published as 'Do Immigrant Groups Differ in Welfare Usage? Evidence from the U.S.A' in: Atlantic Economic Journal, 2011, 39 (3), 231-247
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