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Business regulation and poverty

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  • Djankov, Simeon
  • Georgieva, Dorina
  • Ramalho, Rita

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Using panel data for 189 economies from 2004 to 2016, we show that business-friendly regulations are correlated with the poverty headcount at the country level. This association is significant using the overall World Bank's Doing Business index, as well as specific indicators on the difficulty of starting a business, acquiring licenses, getting credit and contract enforcement. Other significant correlates of the poverty headcount include government expenditure, adult female mortality, a country's income per capita, and the regional dummies for East Asia and Eastern Europe.

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  • Djankov, Simeon & Georgieva, Dorina & Ramalho, Rita, 2017. "Business regulation and poverty," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 118950, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Simeon Djankov & Rafael La Porta & Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes & Andrei Shleifer, 2002. "The Regulation of Entry," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 117(1), pages 1-37.
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    4. Chambers, Dustin & O'Reilly, Colin, 2022. "Regulation and income inequality in the United States," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
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    7. Ramalho,Rita & Saltane,Valentina, 2019. "Does Media Stimulate Reform Efforts ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8984, The World Bank.
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    Keywords

    property rights; poverty; adult female mortality;
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    JEL classification:

    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus

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