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Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884317
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Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233747
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Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP
Tsakloglou, Panos; Papadopoulos, Fotis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
In recent years in the public discourse of many European countries there has been a shift in emphasis from "poverty" to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703549
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Empirical Modeling of Deprivation Contagion among Social Exclusion Dimensions (Using MCMC Methods)
Poggi, Ambra; Ramos, Xavier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Economic theory and empirical evidence clearly show that social exclusion dimensions are inter-related. Notwithstanding that, dimensions are usually assumed independent from one another in the economics literature. In this paper we explore the inter-dependency of social exclusion dimensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822888
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Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
Hoff, Karla; Kshetramade, Mayuresh; Fehr, Ernst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. Here we study how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy – the caste system – affects individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976904
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Elite Capture, Political Voice and Exclusion from Aid: An Experimental Study
D'Exelle, Ben; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We experimentally study the influence of local information conditions on elite capture and social exclusion in community-based development schemes with heterogeneous groups. Not only information on the distribution of aid resources through community-based schemes, but also information on who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761661
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The Political Economy of Social Exclusion with Implications for Immigration Policy
Gradstein, Mark; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Minorities, such as ethnic and immigration groups, have often been subject to exclusion through labor market discrimination, residential and employment segregation policies, business ownership regulations, restrictions on political participation, access to public services and more. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761816
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The Insider-Outsider Theory: A Survey
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory, and evaluating salient contributions to the literature in the light of this vision. We also indicate what appear to have been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762091
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Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?
Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jimenez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level … elusive. The inability of successive governments to reform the system has created severe constraints for Pakistan's economic … education. We discuss in this paper the imperative for education system reform in Pakistan, and articulate why a window of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884381
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Does Cash for School Influence Young Women's Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
Alam, Andaleeb; Baez, Javier E.; Del Carpio, Ximena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021898