Say at Home, or Stay at Home? Policy Implications on Female Labor Supply and Empowerment
In: Review of Economics of The Household, 15(4), 1081-1103.
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In: Review of Economics of The Household, 15(4), 1081-1103.
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In: Journal of Business and Economics Research, Band 12 Issue 3, S. 231-236
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In: Economics Letters, Band 107, Heft 2
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In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 66, S. 207-216
In: Forthcoming in Studies in Business and Economics Journal, Vol. 16(2).
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In: Economic Analysis and Policy. Doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2020.04.008
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In: Applied Economics Letters, 2019
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In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 1381-1416
ISSN: 1935-1682
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One of the puzzling aspects of open-source software (OSS) development is its public good nature. Individual developers contribute to developing the software, but do not hold the copyright to appropriate its value. This raises questions regarding motives behind such effort. We provide an integrated model of developers' incentives to describe OSS development and compare restrictive OSS licenses that force all modifications to be kept open with non-restrictive OSS licenses that allow proprietary ownership of modified works. Different incentives govern effort provision at different stages of the software development process. We show that open-source licenses can provide socially valuable software when a proprietary license fails to do so. We also show that restrictive OSS licenses generate greater effort provision in the design stage of software development relative to non-restrictive licenses. Endogenizing licensing choice, we find that a project leader chooses a non-restrictive OSS license if reputational concerns drive developers' incentives, a proprietary license when there is a large population of users in the market and a restrictive OSS license if user population is small but reputational benefit is high. Our results resonate well with empirical findings and suggest additional testable implications about the relationship between licensing and software project characteristics. Finally, we also find that the market under-provides restrictive OSS licenses relative to the efficient level, suggesting the need for subsidizing restrictive licenses in some cases.
In: Economics Bulletin, 2014, Vol. 34 No. 2 pp. 1012-1018
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In: Eastern European economics: EEE, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 340-360
ISSN: 1557-9298
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In: Applied Economics Letters, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2022.2092591
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Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is shown that policy for promoting human capital has to take the form of a mechanism for solving the coordination failure in people's choice of educational strategy.
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Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is shown that policy for promoting human capital has to take the form of a mechanism for solving the coordination failure in people's choice of educational strategy.
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