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The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010
Loughrey, Jason; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland between 1999 and 2010. This measure combines an efficiency component using a Linear Expenditure System (LES) and an equity component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024603
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Living Standards and Economic Vulnerability in Turkey between 1987 and 1994
Yemtsov, Ruslan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Until recently, poverty was a relatively unexplored field of studies in Turkey. This is one of the first attempts outside Turkey to use household survey data from two nationally representative surveys conducted in 1987 and 1994 to get a picture of poverty and its main driving forces. The 1994...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703713
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Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884249
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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Roubaud, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave …, we draw conclusions highlighting the Vietnam's labour market specificity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212747
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Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers’ Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam
Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data for Vietnam from 1993-98, we find that households participating in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703694
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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530644
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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103266
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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575482
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Trust and Trustworthiness under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam
Nguyen, Quang; Villeval, Marie Claire; Xu, Hui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the influence of risk and time preferences on trust and trustworthiness by conducting a field experiment in Vietnamese villages and by estimating the parameters of the Cumulative Prospect Theory and of quasi-hyperbolic time preferences. We find that while probability sensitivity or risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711936
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Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Pilot Project in Vietnam
Dinh, Ngan; Hughes, Conor; Hughes, James W.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
statistically useful data. In this paper we present the results of a pilot study run in rural Vietnam with the aim of overcoming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095494