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United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals' SDG 5 places gender equality front and centre for sustainable development. The Joint Declaration on Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment on the Occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017 brings gender equality to the forefront of trade policy. In the intersection of trade policy and digital…

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Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

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/ 17/01/2019

Global value chains and technology transfer: new evidence from developing countries

This paper uses the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys as a sample of 18 developing and emerging economies to investigate the causal relationship between global value chains and the transfer of technology to manufacturing firms in developing nations. It focuses on one specific channel for technology transfer, namely the licensing of foreign technology. By using a propensity score…

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Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

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/ 17/01/2019

Policy networks and the roles of public administrations

This chapter applies the methodological tools of formal social network analysis tbNelË illustraæ the mdtifk functions currently performed by puUiic aàmi*stration(s) in steering public policy.

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

How MPs' ties to interest groups matter for legislative co-sponsorship

This article investigates whether linkages between members of parliament (MPs) and interest groups matter for MPs' activities of co-sponsoring legislative proposals. Based on statistical models for network data, the study builds on classical explanations of co-sponsorships highlighting the role of similar ties between MPs, such as party membership, legislative committee…

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

Economic outcomes of social movements

Economic outcomes have long been neglected by students of social movements. However, recently a number of studies have emerged addressing this topic. This chapter reviews works on economic outcomes of social movements. Economic impacts of social movements are defined here as pertaining to the economic sphere either in terms of government actions to regulate the economy/impose…

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Université de Genève

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English / 01/01/2019

Who gets lost, and what difference does it make? Mixed modes, nonresponse follow-up surveys and the estimation of turnout

This article assesses whether—and to what extent—turnout bias in postelection surveys is reduced by adding a short nonresponse follow-up (NRFU) survey to a mixed-mode survey. Specifically, we examine how the NRFU survey influences response propensities across demographic groups and political factors and whether this affects data quality. We use a rich dataset on validated voter…

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

Mobilizing different types of voters: The influence of campaign intensity on turnout in direct democratic votes

A well-established body of literature links voter turnout to political campaigns. In this view, intensive campaigns increase the perceived salience of a decision, fostering information-seeking and, ultimately, turnout. The existing literature has also advanced our understanding of how direct democratic institutions influence turnout in elections. Yet we still know little about…

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

Injonction à l'intégration et citoyenneté pour les musulmans en Suisse

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Université de Genève

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Français / 01/01/2019

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