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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
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Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR) estimator, based on influence functions to examine...
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Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822966
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Changes in Wage Structure in Urban India 1983-2004: A Quantile Regression Decomposition
Azam, Mehtabul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines changes in the wage structure in urban India during the past two decades (1983-2004) across the … increasing effects of tertiary education suggests that wage inequality in urban India may increase further in the near future as …
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Child Work and Schooling Costs in Rural Northern India
Hazarika, Gautam; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
children’s propensities to work and to attend school in rural northern India in a bid to assess the extent of trade-off between … activities. Thus, unlike recent studies of child work in India’s South Asian neighbors of Bangladesh and Pakistan, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822985
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The Indian Ultrasound Paradox
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Rosenblum, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences of the expansion of prenatal ultrasound use on sex-selection. We … exploit state-by-cohort variation in ultrasound use in India as a unique quasi-experiment. We find that sex-selective abortion …-selection in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416947
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What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between …
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Informal Sector and Corruption: An Empirical Investigation for India
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868134
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Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
expenditures in India. Contrary to most previous research, I find evidence of discrimination against girls. Results at the all-India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003946
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Are Girls the Fairer Sex in India? Revisiting Intra-Household Allocation of Education Expenditure
Azam, Mehtabul; Kingdon, Geeta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural areas. In addition to the traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021897