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Karol Mazur

Peking University HSBC Business School

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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1.

Can Welfare Abuse Be Welfare Improving?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2019
Karol Mazur
Peking University HSBC Business School
Downloads 176 (431,126)
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Unemployment Insurance, Labor Search, Voluntary Quits, Savings, Search Behavior

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College Education and Income Contingent Loans in Equilibrium

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 May 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2022
Kazushige Matsuda and Karol Mazur
Kobe University - Graduate School of Economics and Peking University HSBC Business School
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Human Capital, Endogenous Skill Premium, Income Driven Repayments

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Sharing Risk to Avoid Tragedy: Informal Insurance and Irrigation in Village Economies

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2021
Karol Mazur
Peking University HSBC Business School
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Endogenous Aggregate Risk, Informal Institutions, Agriculture

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United on Divisive Waters: Decentralization of Irrigation and Conflict in India 

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 11 Apr 2025 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2025
Karol Mazur and Krzysztof Krakowski
Peking University HSBC Business School and King's College London
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Agriculture, conflict, public goods

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A Note on Pessimism in Education and Its Economic Consequences

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2021
Karol Mazur
Peking University HSBC Business School
Downloads 74 (852,604)

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Education, Self-Confirming Equilibrium, Pessimism

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The Mystery of Land Rights: Explorations on Informal Institutions in Ghana 

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Jun 2025 Last Revised: 18 May 2026
Karol Mazur and Georgios Manalis
Peking University HSBC Business School and School of Economics, University of Edinburgh
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Agriculture, land security, misallocation, risk sharing, insurance

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The Macroeconomic Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidies *

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Oct 2024 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2025
Karol Mazur and Laszlo Tetenyi
Peking University HSBC Business School and New York University
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Agriculture, food security, structural change, misallocation

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Spatial Misallocation in Education: The Left-Behind and Land Reforms in China

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Feb 2026
Kazushige Matsuda, Karol Mazur and Chao Shen
Kobe University - Graduate School of Economics, Peking University HSBC Business School and Peking University HSBC Business School
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Migration, Misallocation, Human Capital, Agriculture, Property Rights