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Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...
TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005
With all the talk in Europe about “Islam” and “Muslim culture” it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence exists on the compatibility of “Muslim culture” with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125619
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Tectonic shifts in the structures of international inequality?
TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005
penetration. Keywords: cross-section models, income distribution, inequality, international economic order, economic welfare …, globalization; general welfare, social security and public pensions, macroeconomics – Asia including Middle East; macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556011
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Intra-household Work Time Synchronization
Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriette Maassen van den - EconWPA - 2005
If partners derive utility from joint leisure time, it is expected that they will coordinate their work schedules in order to increase the amount of joint leisure time. This paper tries to answer three questions using a new matching procedure where couples are matched to other couples. (1) Do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556767
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ISH: Hacia una Medida de la Satisfacción de los Hogares desde el Punto de Vista de la Oferta de Trabajo.
Marcelo, Darwin; Villa, Juan Miguel - EconWPA - 2004
El estudio de las preferencias es uno de los temas menos tratados por la econometría aplicada. En el presente artículo se pretende realizar una aproximación translogarítimica de las preferencias por medio de la construcción de un Índice de Satisfacción de los Hogares (ISH) con base al...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076523
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Schooling and Parental Death
Gertler, Paul; Levine, David I.; Ames, Minnie - EconWPA - 2003
Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications. This study uses parametric and semi-nonparametric matching techniques to estimate how one human capital investment, school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413016
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Consumption Inequality and Intra-Household Allocations
Lise, Jeremy; Seitz, Shannon - EconWPA - 2005
The consumption literature uses adult equivalence scales to measure individual level inequality. This practice imposes … the assumption that there is no within household inequality. In this paper, we show that ignoring consumption inequality … within households produces misleading estimates of inequality along two dimensions. First, the use of adult equivalence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556802
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Decomposition of Household Expenditure and Child Welfare in Rural Ethiopia
Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004
The methodology by Lazear and Michael (1988) is used to decompose household expenditures into that for adults and children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for household level heterogeneity. In addition, a new and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118701
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Intra-household Distribution of Expenditures in Rural Ethiopia: A Demand Systems Approach
Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the combined effects of changes in prices, income and demographic composition on adult and young, male and female members of households. The recently developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used since a demand system provides a unified framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118808
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IS A TAX CUT ON CULTURAL GOODS CONSUMPTION ACTUALLY DESIRABLE?:A MICROSIMULATION ANALYSIS
Prieto-Rodriguez, Juan; Romero-Jordan, Desiderio; … - EconWPA - 2004
evaluated in terms of revenue and welfare. These types of fiscal reforms will lead to welfare and efficiency gains that can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076605
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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World
Seguino, Stephanie - EconWPA - 2005
Emphasis on market-friendly macroeconomic and development strategies in recent years has resulted in deleterious effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example of East Asia states, which recognized their position as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412981