In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national …

Over the last decade Ecuador has experienced a strong increase in financial transfers from migrated workers, amounting … remittances on school enrolment and child work in Ecuador. Identification relies on instrumental variables, exploiting information …

Bislang beschränkt sich die Messung von Armut und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Armutsberichterstattung im Wesentlichen …

, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its main aims are to mitigate poverty and subsequently promote self …

We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 … four three-year periods. We find that poverty reduced more in regions that were more strongly exposed to import tariff … increasing firm competitiveness as a driving factor behind the beneficial poverty effects. …

find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of … poor material conditions such as subjective poverty or low relative value of wealth significantly increase the probability … analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …