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28 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13148
Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Kiyomi Cadena, Laura Moreno Herrera
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11180
Can Regional Decentralisation Shift Health Care Preferences?
Joan Costa-Font, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11148
Taxation, Social Protection, and Governance Decentralization
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published as 'Taxation and social protection under governance decentralisation' in: European Journal of Political Economy, Available online 17 October 2018
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268017303142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10780
Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India
Santosh Kumar, Nishith Prakash
published in: Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 185, July 2017, 171-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10706
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9587
Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies
John T. Addison
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5: 19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9323
Pacts for Employment and Competitiveness as a Role Model? Their Effects on Firm Performance
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann
revised version published as 'Contract Innovation in Germany: An Economic Evaluation of Pacts for Competitiveness' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55(3), 500-526.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9024
Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization, and Undocumented Labor Mobility in Rural China (1982-87)
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8960
Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Pedro Carneiro, Oswald Koussihouèdé, Nathalie Lahire, Costas Meghir, Corina Mommaerts
published as ' School Grants and Education Quality: Experimental Evidence from Senegal' in: Economica, first published January 24, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8653
Making Aid Work: Governance and Decentralization
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: in Mak Arvin (ed.): Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar, 2015, 488 - 502
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7884
The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
Krisztina Kis-Katos, Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (2), 344-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7271
Authority and Incentives in Organizations
Matthias Kräkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6722
Do Fiscal and Political Decentralization Raise Students' Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Enric Meix-Llop
published as "Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services: Cross-Country Evidence from Educational Data", Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space 37(7), 1296-1316
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6722
Do Fiscal and Political Decentralization Raise Students' Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Enric Meix-Llop
published as "Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services: Cross-Country Evidence from Educational Data", Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space 37(7), 1296-1316
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6185
Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Eric A. Hanushek, Susanne Link, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 212-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6176
Wage Dispersion and Decentralization of Wage Bargaining
Christian M. Dahl, Daniel le Maire, Jakob R. Munch
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (3), 501-533
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5647
Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions
Luis Diaz-Serrano, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
published as 'Decentralization, Subjective Well-Being and the Perception of Institutions' in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (2), 179-193
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5382
Local Electoral Incentives and Decentralized Program Performance
Alain de Janvry, Frederico S. Finan, Elisabeth Sadoulet
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (3), 672 - 685 [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5286
Fiscal Decentralization and Development: How Crucial is Local Politics?
Sarmistha Pal, Jaideep Roy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5281
Norms, Culture and Local Infrastructure: Evidence from a Decentralised Economy
Sarmistha Pal
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