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locations over a one-dimensional interval. Parents decide whether or not to educate their children. The model therefore combines …
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level of income per capita (with negative effect), inflation and income inequality (both with positive effect) are the … and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers … need to focus on economic issues and distribution of income, thus reducing the economic incentives or necessities of …
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Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectionalsample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...
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We propose a model of "trade" between high income and low-income groups where the rich being scared of the spread of … pandemic than members of the privileged class. The low-income group has greater endowment of immunity to income and for the … low income and high-income workers. Thus, spread of the disease will be lower for countries where inequality is high …
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The report is a rich source with qualitative and quantitative data on the status of children in India from authentic …
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special reference to children living in diverse poverty situations. …
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The State of the World's Children 2011 examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in … health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage. The report …
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Lone mothers are overrepresented among poor people in many European countries. In 1998, in Norway, a welfare reform increased the amount of benefits and introduced working requirements. Using a quasi-experimental model, Mogstad and Pronzato (2012) find a positive effect of the reform on lone...
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This paper revisits an important analysis of enterprise zones (EZs) by Ham, Swenson, Imrohoroğlu, and Song (2011), who report substantial poverty reductions from state and federal EZs, as well as improvements in other labor market outcomes. In our re-analysis, we find that a data error accounts...
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-assessment income tax returns between 2005 and 2013. We exploit variation from a large reform in 2010 to estimate intensive and …
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