Cross-country differences in self-employment rates: the role of institutions

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Torrini
Keyword(s):  
Self Employment ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Employment Rates

scholarly journals Human Capital and the Wealth of Nations

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 2736-2762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo E. Manuelli ◽  
Ananth Seshadri
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Wealth Of Nations

We reevaluate the role of human capital in determining the wealth of nations. We use standard human capital theory to estimate stocks of human capital and allow the quality of human capital to vary across countries. Our model can explain differences in schooling and earnings profiles and, consequently, estimates of Mincerian rates of return across countries. We find that effective human capital per worker varies substantially across countries. Cross-country differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) are significantly smaller than found in previous studies. Our model implies that output per worker is highly responsive to changes in TFP and demographic variables. (JEL E23, I25, J24, J31, O47)

scholarly journals Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 305-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bartelsman ◽  
John Haltiwanger ◽  
Stefano Scarpetta
Keyword(s):  
Heterogeneous Firms ◽  
Fixed Capital ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country

This paper investigates the effect of idiosyncratic (firm-level) policy distortions on aggregate outcomes. Exploiting harmonized firm-level data for a number of countries, we show that there is substantial and systematic cross-country variation in the within-industry covariance between size and productivity. We develop a model in which heterogeneous firms face adjustment frictions (overhead labor and quasi-fixed capital) and distortions. The model can be readily calibrated so that variations in the distribution of distortions allow matching the observed cross-country moments. We show that the differences in the distortions that account for the size-productivity covariance imply substantial differences in aggregate performance. (JEL D24, L25, O47)

scholarly journals Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bartelsman ◽  
John Haltiwanger ◽  
Stefano Scarpetta
Keyword(s):  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country

scholarly journals The Remains of the Socialist Legacy: The Influence of Socialist Socialization on Attitudes toward Income Inequality

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia S. Ignácz
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Past ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
International Social

Despite convergence processes between Western and post-socialist societies in the past three decades, there are still considerable cross-country differences in individuals’ attitudes toward income inequality. To explain these differences, studies have primarily focused on the role of macro level differences and have only theoretically acknowledged how the role of diverging socialization experiences could also be responsible. To date, little is known about the importance of socialization for attitudes toward income inequality. This article assesses whether the differences between Western and post-socialist countries are influenced by socialization effects. Applying an adapted age-period-cohort analysis on the dataset of the International Social Survey Program’s (ISSP) “Social Inequality” module in survey years 1992, 1999, and 2009, the paper shows that socialization has a substantial effect on attitudes and a socialist socialization clearly differentiates individuals from post-socialist countries from Westerners. Results underline that experiences gained in formative years are crucial for attitudes. A further finding is that both perception and preferences toward income inequality are influenced by socialization.

Cross country differences in job reallocation: The role of industry, firm size and regulations

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 11-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Haltiwanger ◽  
Stefano Scarpetta ◽  
Helena Schweiger
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Job Reallocation ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country

scholarly journals Pensionable age vs cross-country diversity of economic activity of the near-elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Chybalski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Effective Age ◽  
Employment Participation ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Occupational Composition

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether cross-country differences in pensionable age explain such differences in economic activity of people at near-retirement age. Design/methodology/approach The empirical study uses regression models for macro-panel encompassing 21 European countries in the period 2008–2014. Findings Empirical results indicate that pensionable age is a determinant of cross-country differences in employment rate in the near-retirement age group, and less a factor differentiating average effective retirement age. It turns out that other factors matter, including salaries and wages as percentage of GDP (treated as a proxy for the occupational composition of populations across the countries studied), self-employment, participation in education and training, or self-perceived health. Social implications The problem of economic activity at the near-retirement age is complex and cannot be limited to legal regulations concerning pensionable age. The policy aiming at stimulating the economic activity of the near-elderly should include actions on many sides including labour market, pension system, education, training, or health care. Originality/value The results complement studies based on the single-country approach and demonstrate that pensionable age does not account for cross-country differences in terms of average effective age of retirement when controlling for other factors. Moreover, factors differentiating effective retirement age and employments rates across countries studied are not similar.

scholarly journals Contemporary Female Entrepreneurship in Nicaragua

AD-minister ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Michael J Pisani
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Size Constraints ◽  
The World ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Enterprise Survey

Women are important entrepreneurial actors within the Nicaraguan economic ecosystem. Majority fe-male-owned firms comprise 32.7% of all urban Nicaraguan formal enterprises; these ownership rates far exceed the regional (21.8%) or global averages (14.5%). Within Nicaragua, self-employment rates for women (43.3%) surpass that of men (28.3%). This article describes the contemporary Nicaraguan entrepreneurial landscape for female-owned enterprises using the 2016 Nicaraguan Enterprise Survey of 333 formal sector urban-based firms conducted by the World Bank. Principal multivariate results include the concentration of female top management with majority female-ownership, the role of the informal sector in spawning formal female enterprises, and size constraints of female-owned enterprises.

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