Sökning: "informal sector Economics"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden informal sector Economics.
1. Empirical Essays in Labor and Development Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical essays in labor and development economics.Diverse Expertise, Peer Effects, and Research Productivity: Does diversity in idea space matter? We empirically explore whether the cognitive distance between collaborators affects peer effects and productivity in creating knowledge. LÄS MER
2. Bureaucracy, Informality and Taxation : Essays in Development Economics and Public Finance
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1, "Dispatchers", is a study of a specialized service sector that has arisen in many developing countries.It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to understand, non-transparent and time-consuming. LÄS MER
3. Political Economy Perspectives on the "Informal Sector"
Sammanfattning : [abstract missing].... LÄS MER
4. Aid, drugs, and informality : essays in empirical economics
Sammanfattning : The first three papers of this Ph.D. thesis experimentally study the preferences of individuals making cross-border charitable donations. In Is Foreign Aid Paternalistic? (with Anna Breman and Felix Masiye) subjects choose whether to make a monetary or a tied transfer (mosquito nets) to an anonymous household in Zambia. LÄS MER
5. Essays on Public Policy in the Informal Sector Context
Sammanfattning : The Price Sensitivity of the Demand for Health Insurance – Evidence from the Community Health Insurance Scheme in Rwanda This study estimates the price elasticity of the demand for health insurance, exploiting the variation in insurance premiums created by the implementation of a new premium subsidy scheme for community-based health insurance in Rwanda. The subsidy scheme created variation in insurance premiums across households, over time. LÄS MER