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Spatial inequalities explained: evidence from Burkina Faso
Grimm, Michael; Gräb, Gräb, J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
Empirical evidence suggests that regional disparities in incomes are often very high, that these disparities do not necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730640
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Spatial inequalities explained: evidence from Burkina Faso
Gräb, Johannes; Grimm, Michael - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
Empirical evidence suggests that regional disparities in incomes are often very high, that these disparities do not necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005589950
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Economic growth, employment and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
Messkoub, Messkoub, M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008
This paper  provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be … example growth in high productivity sectors will not boost total employment nor reduce poverty substantially in the short run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210410
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Economic growth, employment and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
Messkoub, Mahmood - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008
This paper  provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be … example growth in high productivity sectors will not boost total employment nor reduce poverty substantially in the short run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232841
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Food price inflation and children's schooling
Grimm, Michael - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210414
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Food price inflation and children's schooling
Grimm, Michael - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school.* Moreover, I use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602810
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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Klasen, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007
There is a well-known debate about the respective roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095138
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, M.; Klasen, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007
There is a well-known debate about the respective roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399366
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Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life
Gasper, Gasper, D.R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due to not only use of differing values and differing research instruments but also differing standpoints, differing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837471
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Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life
Gasper, Des - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due to not only use of differing values and differing research instruments but also differing standpoints, differing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602813