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1“...We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal sector and a flexible wage informal sector...”
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2“...Indoor air pollution (IAP) - predominantly from the use of solid fuel for cooking - is a global health threat, particularly for women and young children, and...”
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4“...Labor market subcontracting is a global phenomenon. This paper presents a theory of wage fairness in a subcontracted labor market, where workers confront...”
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5“...How does employer power mediate the impact of labor saving technical change on inequality? This question has largely been neglected in the recent literature on...”
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6“...Are political activists preferentially targeted by politicians engaging in clientelistic transfers to bolster political support? We provide the first model to...”
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7“...Fixed-term contract employment has increasingly replaced regular open-ended employment as the predominant form of employment notably in developing countries...”
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11“...We develop a search-theoretic model of contractual dualism in formal and informal labour markets. The model (i) provides the micro-underpinnings for endogenous...”
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12“...In many countries, non-compliance with minimum wage legislation is widespread and authorities may be seen as having turned a blind eye to legislation they have...”
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13“...For decades, rapid urban expansion has led to concerns over the loss of cultivated land in rural China. This contrasts sharply with another salient feature of...”
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15by Chau, Nancy H Published in Journal of development economics (01.07.2016)“...This paper argues that while rooting out sweatshop conditions raises unemployment, the potential gains include an increase in decent work employment, a...”
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16by Nancy H. Chau Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2001)“...Why do countries that impose employer sanctions to deter the illegal entry of foreign workers nevertheless grant amnesty to illegal immigrants? In this...”
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17by Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu Basu, Arnab K Chau, Nancy H Mitra, Devashish Published in Economic inquiry (01.01.2020)“...Our parsimonious two‐country (developed country and developing country) model of offshoring provides nuanced results. These include cases where wages...”
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18“...The dominant perspective in discussions of labour and environmental standards and globalization is that of North-South competition and its impact on Northern...”
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19by Randall Akee Arnab K. Basu Arjun Bedi Nancy H. Chau Published in The Journal of law & economics (01.05.2014)“...We explore two hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human-trafficking market—the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers and the elasticity...”
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20“...This paper is concerned with the Institution of debt bondage and child labor employment in the context of an agrarian economy with overlapping generations. The...”