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PDF file ASCII HTML 770 Chase, Robert S. "Markets for Communist Human Capital: Returns to Education and Experience in the Czech Republic and Slovakia," January 1997 (37 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 771 Evenson, Robert E. "Rice Varietal Improvement and International Exchange of Rice Germplasm," February 1997 (42 pp.) [In Pingali, Prabhu L. and Mahabub Hossain, eds., Impact of Rice Research. Manila: International Rice Research Institute, 1998.]
PDF file ASCII HTML 772 Ranis, Gustav "The Micro-Economics of 'Surplus Labor'," February 1997 (24 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 773 Evenson, Robert E. & Huffman, Wallace B. "Long-Run Structural and Productivity Change in U.S. Agriculture: Effects of Prices and Policies," June 1997 (37 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 774 Kaneko, Fumihiro "An Outcome-Oriented Theory of Choice and Empirical Paradoxes in Expected Utility Theory," May 1997 (66 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 775 Lanjouw, Jean O. "The Introduction of Pharmaceutical Product Patents in India: Heartless Exploitation of the Poor and Suffering," August 1997 (53 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 776 Schultz, T. Paul and Germano Mwabu "Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa," September 1997 (51 pp.) [In Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol.51:no.4, July 1998 pp.680-703]
PDF file ASCII HTML 777 Evenson, Robert E. and Lakhwinder Singh "Economic Growth, International Technological Spillovers and Public Policy: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Asia," September 1997 (21 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 778 Schultz, T. Paul "Income Inequality in Taiwan 1976-1995: Changing Family Composition, Aging, and Female Labor Force Participation," November 1997 (56 pp.)[In Ranis, Gustav, Sheng-Cheng Hu and Yun Peng Chu, eds. Political Economy of Taiwan's Development in the 21st Century: Essays in Memory of John Fei. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar Publishers, 1999]
PDF file ASCII HTML 779 Foley, Mark C. "Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia," August 1997 (39 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 780 Foley, Mark C. "Labor Market Dynamics in Russia," August 1997 (54 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 781 Foley, Mark C. "Multiple Job Holding in Russia During Economic Transition," August 1997 (42 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 782 Brown, Donald J. "Three Lectures on the Walrasian Hypotheses for Exchange Economies," August 1997 (17 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 783 Srinivasan, T.N. "As the Century Turns: Analytics, Empirics and Politics of Development," December 1997 (72 pp.) [In Ranis, Gustav, Sheng-Cheng Hu and Yun Peng Chu, eds. Political Economy of Taiwan's Development in the 21st Century: Essays in Memory of John Fei. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar Publishers, 1999]
PDF file ASCII N/A 784 Schultz, T. Paul "Inequality in the Distribution of Personal Income in the World: How it is Changing and Why," January 1998 (65 pp.) [In Journal of Population Economics, vol.11: no.3, 1998 pp.307-344]
PDF file ASCII N/A 785 Schultz, T. Paul and Germano Mwabu "Wage Premia for Education and Location, By Gender and Race in South Africa," February 1998 (63 pp.)[In Economic Development and Cultural Change , vol.48: no.2, 2000 pp.307-334]
PDF file ASCII HTML 786 Ranis, Gustav "Reflections," December 1997(29 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 787 Ramirez, Alejandro, Gustav Ranis, and Frances Stewart "Economic Growth and Human Development," December 1997 (47 pp.)[In World Development , vol.28: no.2, February 2000 pp.197-219]
PDF file ASCII HTML 788 Lanjouw, Jean O. and Philip I. Levy "Untitled: A Study of Formal and Informal Property Rights in Urban Ecuador," April 1998 (69 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 789 Tansel, Aysit "Determinants of School Attainment of Boys and Girls in Turkey," April 1998 (35 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 790 Lanzona, Leonardo A. and Robert E. Evenson "The Effects of Transactions Costs on Labor Market Participation and Earnings: Evidence from Rural Philippine Markets," October 1997 (25 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 791 Ghatak, Maitreesh and Timothy W. Guinnane. "The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice," October 1998. (33 pp.) [In Journal of Development Economics, vol.60: no.1, October 1999 pp.195-228]
PDF file ASCII N/A 792 Viroj Naranong. "Gender, Credit Constraints, and Education in Rural Thailand," April 1998. (47 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 793 Guinnane, Timothy W. "Population and the Economy in Germany, 1800-1990," November 1998. (77 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 794 Holmes, Jessica "Measuring the Determinants of School Completion in Pakistan: Analysis of Censoring and Selection Bias," January 1999. (50 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 795 Lam, Ricky and Leonard Wantchekon. "Dictatorships as a Political Dutch Disease," January 1999. (36 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 796 Levy, Philip I. "Sanctions on South Africa: What Did They Do?" February 1999. (13 pp.)[In The American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, vol.89: no.2, May 1999 pp.415-420]
PDF file ASCII HTML 797 Tansel, Aysit "Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey," February 1999. (28 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 798 Evenson, Robert E. and Germano Mwabu "The Effects of Agricultural Extension on Farm Yields in Kenya," September 1998. (22 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 799 Sinha, Dipendra "Export Instability, Investment and Economic Growth in Asian Countries: A Time Series Analysis," April 1999. (23 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 800 Takeda, Yosuke "Interest Rate Smoothing and Time-Varying Premium: Another Look at Debt Management in Japan," April 1999. (41 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 801 Schultz, T. Paul "Health and Schooling Investments in Africa," February 1999. (42 pp.)[In Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.13: no.3, 1999 pp.67-88]
PDF file ASCII N/A 802 Schultz, T. Paul "Labor Market Reforms: Issues, Evidence and Prospects," June 1999. (55 pp.)[In Krueger, Anne O., ed. Economic Policy Reform. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000]
PDF file ASCII HTML 803 Schultz, T. Paul "Women's Role in the Agricultural Household: Bargaining and Human Capital," January 1999. (94 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 804 Schultz, T. Paul and Zeng Yi "The Impact of Institutional Reform from 1979 to 1987 on Fertility in Rural China," June 1999. (45 pp.)[In China Economic Review , vol.10: no.2, 1999 pp.141-160]
PDF file ASCII HTML 805 Evenson, Robert E. and James W. McKinsey, Jr. "Technology -- Climate Interactions in the Green Revolution in India," August 1999. (28 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 806 Srinivasan, T.N. and Jagdish Bhagwati "Outward-Orientation and Development: Are Revisionists Right?" September 1999. (44 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 807 Del Boca, Daniela and Rocio Ribero "Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households," October 1999. (36 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 808 Ranis, Gustav and Frances Stewart "Strategies for Success in Human Development," January 2000. (31 pp.)[In Journal of Human Development , vol.1: no.1, 2000 pp.49-69]
PDF file ASCII HTML 809 Timmins, Christopher "Estimating the Amenity Costs of Global Warming in Brazil: Getting the Most from Available Data," November 1999. (42 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 810 Ribero, Rocio "Earnings Effects of Household Investment in Health in Colombia," November 1999. (35 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 811 Streb, Jochen "How to Win Schumpeterian Competition: Technological Transfers in the German Plastics Industry from the 1930s to the 1970s," September 1999. (34 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 812 Sharma, Kishor "Liberalization and Structural Change: Evidence from Nepalese Manufacturing," April 2000. (26 pp.)
PDF file ASCII N/A 813 Sharma, Kishor "Pattern and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Australian Manufacturing," December 1999. (21 pp.)[In Australian Economic Review, vol. 33: no. 3, September 2000 pp. 245-255]
PDF file ASCII HTML 814 Evenson, Robert E., Ayal Kimhi, and Sanjaya DeSilva "Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Rice Farms in Bicol, the Philippines," April 2000 (42 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 815 Duraisamy, P. "Changes in Returns to Education in India, 1983-94: By Gender, Age-Cohort and Location," July 2000. (35 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 816 Sharma, Kishor "Export Growth in India: Has FDI Played a Role?" July 2000. (21 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 817 Conley, Timothy G. and Christopher R. Udry "Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana," July 2000. (49 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 818 Ribero, Rocio "Family Structure, Fertility and Child Quality in Colombia," July 2000. (40 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 819 DeSilva, Sanjaya "Skills, Partnerships and Tenancy in Sri Lankan Rice Farms," October 2000. (62 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 820 Corsetti, Giancarlo and Bartosz Mackowiak "Nominal Debt and the Dynamics of Currency Crises," October 2000. (33 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 821 Brown, John C. and Timothy W. Guinnane "The Fertility Transition in Bavaria," April 2001. (51 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 822 Corsetti, Giancarlo, Marcello Pericoli, and Massimo Sbracia "Correlation Analysis of Financial Contagion: What One Should Know Before Running a Test," April 2001. (54 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 823 Mckenzie, David J. "Consumption Growth in a Booming Economy: Taiwan 1976-96," May 2001. (56 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 824 Guinnane, Timothy W. "A 'Friend and Advisor': Management, Auditors, and Confidence in Germany's Credit Cooperatives, 1889-1914," May 2001. (40 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 825 Habibi, Nadir, Cindy Huang, Diego Miranda, Victoria Murillo, Gustav Ranis, Mainak Sarkar, and Frances Stewart "Decentralization in Argentina," May 2001. (57 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 826 Ranis, Gustav, and Frances Stewart "Growth and Human Development: Comparative Latin American Experience," May 2001. (58 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 827 Boozer, Michael A. and Tom Maloney "The Effects of Class Size on the Long Run Growth in Reading Abilities and Early Adult Outcomes in the Christchurch Health and Development Study," May 2001. (68 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 828 Burmeister, Larry, Gustav Ranis, and Michael Wang "Group Behavior and Development: A Comparison of Farmers' Organisations in South Korea and Taiwan," May 2001. (41 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 829 Guinnane, Timothy W. and Cormac Ó Gráda "Mortality in the North Dublin Union During the Great Famine," May 2001. (25 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 830 Srinivasan, T.N. "India's Reform of External Sector Policies and Future Multilateral Trade Negotiations," June 2001. (72 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 831 Kanwar, Sunil and Robert Evenson "Does Intellectual Property Protection Spur Technological Change?," June 2001. (35 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 832 Boozer, Michael A. and Stephen E. Cacciola "Inside the 'Black Box' of Project STAR: Estimation of Peer Effects Using Experimental Data," June 2001. (68 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 833 Schultz, T. Paul "The Fertility Transition: Economic Explanations," August 2001. (19 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 834 Schultz, T. Paul "School Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program," August 2001. (72 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 835 Guinnane, Timothy W. "Delegated Monitors, Large and Small: The Development of Germany's Banking System, 1800-1914," August 2001. (77 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 836 Schultz, T. Paul "Why Governments Should Invest More to Educate Girls," September 2001. (46 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 837 Chuma, Hiroyuki "Sources of Machine-Tool Industry Leadership in the 1990s: Overlooked Intrafirm Factors," October 2001. (28 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 838 Guinnane, Timothy W., Carolyn Moehling, and Cormac Ó Gráda "Fertility in South Dublin a Century Ago: A First Look," November 2001. (43 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 839 Engel, Eduardo, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic "How to Auction an Essential Facility When Underhand Integration is Possible," February 2002. (20 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 840 Engel, Eduardo, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic "Highway Franchising and Real Estate Values," February 2002. (27 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 841 Schultz, T. Paul "Wage Gains Associated with Height as a Form of Health Human Capital," February 2002. (12 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 842 Srinivasan, T.N. "Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trading System after Doha," February 2002. (37 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 843 Bender, Siegfried and Kui-Wai Li "The Changing Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantages of Asian and Latin American Manufacture Exports" March 2002. (24 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 844 Engel, Eduardo, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic. "Competition In or For the Field: Which is Better?," March 2002. (16 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 845 Contreras, Dante. "Vouchers, School Choice and the Access to Higher Education," June 2002. (37 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 846 Mete, Cem and T. Paul Schultz. "Health and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Taiwan," June 2002. (49 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 847 Fernandes, Ana. "Trade Policy, Trade Volumes and Plant-Level Productivity in Colombian Manufacturing Industries," July 2002. (72 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 848 Guinnane, Timothy, Carolyn Moehling, and Cormac Ó Gráda "The Fertility of the Irish in America in 1910," October 2002. (44 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 849 Aromolaran, Adebayo B. "Private Wage Returns to Schooling in Nigeria: 1996-1999," October 2002. (34 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 850 Altonji, Joseph G. and Ulrich Doraszelski "The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth," December 2002. (44 pp.)
PDF file ASCII HTML 851 Li, Kui-Wai. "China's Capital and Productivity Measurement Using Financial Resources," February 2003. (20 pp.)

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