Center Discussion Papers
Nos. 761-800

761. Fardmanesh, Mohsen & Li Tan. "Wage and Price Control Policies in Socialist Transitional Economies," June 1996. (40 pp.)

762. Ranis, Gustav. "Successes and Failures of Development Experience Since the 1980s," September 1996. (28 pp.)

763. McLaren, John. "Corruption, Black Markets, and the Fiscal Problem in LDC's: Some Recent Findings," July 1996 (22pp.)

764. Hamada, Koichi. "Japan 1968: A Reflection Point During the Era of the Economic Miracle," August 1996 (42 pp.)

765. Srinivasan, T.N. "Trade and Human Rights," December 1996 (38 pp.) [In Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern, eds., Constituent Interests and U.S. Trade Policies.  Ann Arbor:   University of Michigan Press, 1998.]
766. McLaren, John. "Supplier Relations and the Market Context: A Theory of Handshakes," October 1996 (45 pp.)

767. Srinivasan, T.N. "Regionalism and the World Trade Organization: Is Non-Discrimination Passé?" December 1996 (29 pp.)

768. Chase, Robert S. "Women's Labor Force Participation During and After Communism: A Case Study of the Czech Republic and Slovakia,"  November
1995 (41 pp.)

769. Chase, Robert S. "Baby Boom or Bust? Changing Fertility in Post-Communist Czech Republic and Slovakia," Novermber 1996 (40 pp.)

770. Chase, Robert S. "Markets for Communist Human Capital: Returns to Education and Experience in the Czech Republic and Slovakia," January 1997. (37 pp.)

771. Evenson, Robert E. "Rice Varietal Improvement and International Exchange of Rice Germplasm," February 1997. (42 pp.)  [In Prabhu L. Pingali and Mahabub Hossain, eds., Impact of Rice Research.  Manila:  International Rice Research Institute, 1998.]

772. Ranis, Gustav. "The Microeconomics of 'Surplus Labor'," February 1997. (24 pp.)

773. Evenson, Robert E. & Wallace B. Huffman. "Long-Run Structural and Productivity Change in U.S. Agriculture:  Effects of Prices and Policies," June 1997. (37 pp.)

774. Kaneko, Fumihiro. "An Outcome-Oriented Theory of Choice and Empirical Paradoxes in Expected Utility Theory," May 1997. (66 pp.)

775. Lanjouw, Jean O. "The Introduction of Pharmaceutical Product Patents in India:  Heartless Exploitation of the Poor and Suffering," August 1997. (53 pp.)

776. Schultz, T. Paul & 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.]

777. Evenson, Robert E. & Lakhwinder Singh. "Economic Growth, International Technological Spillovers and Public Policy:  Theory and Empirical Evidence from Asia," September 1997. (21 pp.) [In Indian Management Studies Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, 2000.]

778. Schultz, T. Paul. "Income Inequality in Taiwan 1976-1995:  Changing Family Composition, Aging, and Female Labor Force Participation," November 1997. (56 pp.) [In Gustav Ranis, 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.]

779. Foley, Mark C. "Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia," August 1997. (39 pp.)

780. Foley, Mark C. "Labor Market Dynamics in Russia," August 1997. (54 pp.)

781. Foley, Mark C. "Multiple Job Holding in Russia During Economic Transition," August 1997. (42 pp.)

782. Brown, Donald J. "Three Lectures on the Walrasian Hypotheses for Exchange Economies," August 1997. (17 pp.)

783. Srinivasan, T.N. "As the Century Turns:  Analytics, Empirics and Politics of Development," December 1997. (72 pp.) [In Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu and Yun Pen Chu, eds., Taiwan's Development in the 21st Century:  Essays in Memory of John Fei. Cheltenham, England:  Edward Elgar Publishers, 1999.]

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.]

785. Schultz, T. Paul & 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.]

786. Ranis, Gustav. "Reflections," December 1997. (29 pp.)

787. Ramirez, Alejandro, Gustav Ranis & Frances Stewart. "Economic Growth and Human Development," December 1997. (47 pp.) [In World Development, vol. 28, no. 2, February 2000.]

788. Lanjouw, Jean O. & Philip I. Levy. "Untitled:  A Study of Formal and Informal Property Rights in Urban Ecuador," April 1998. (69 pp.)

789. Tansel, Aysit. "Determinants of School Attainment of Boys and Girls in Turkey," April 1998. (35 pp.) [In Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21:455-70.]

790. Lanzona, Leonardo A. & Robert E. Evenson. "The Effects of Transactions Costs on Labor Market Participation and Earnings:  Evidence from Rural Philippine Markets," October 1997. (25 pp.)

791. Ghatak, Maitreesh & 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.]

792. Naranong, Viroj. "Gender, Credit Constraints, and Education in Rural Thailand," April 1998. (47 pp.)

793. Guinnane, Timothy W. "Population and the Economy in Germany, 1800-1990," November 1998. (77 pp.) [In Sheilagh Ogilvie and Richard Overy, eds., A New Social and Economic History, Volume III.  London:  Hodder Arnold Publishers, 2003.]

794. Holmes, Jessica. "School Completion in Pakistan:  Analysis of Censoring and Selection Bias," January 1999. (50 pp.)

795. Lam, Ricky & Leonard Wantchekon. "Dictatorships as a Political Dutch Disease," January 1999. (36 pp.)

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.]

797. Tansel, Aysit. "Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey," February 1999. (28 pp.) [In Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53(2): 453-77.]

798. Evenson, Robert E. & Germano Mwabu. "The Effects of Agricultural Extension on Farm Yields in Kenya," September 1998. (22 pp.)

799. Sinha, Dipendra. "Export Instability, Investment and Economic Growth in Asian Countries:  A Time Series Analysis," April 1999. (23 pp.)

800. Takeda, Yosuke. "Interest Rate Smoothing and Time-Varying Premium:  Another Look at Debt Management in Japan," April 1999. (41 pp.)