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How responsive is body weight to transitory income changes? Evidence from rural Tanzania
Bengtsson, Niklas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
We use time-series of rainfall along with individual fixed effects to estimate the response of body weight to transitory changes in house-hold income and expenditure. Our data consist of a longitudinal sample of subsistence farmers in rural Tazania, representing one of the poorest populations in...
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The Rise and Fall of Swedish Unemployment
Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2003
By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several years but exhibited a marked fall from 1997 and...
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The Swedish Youth Labor Market in Boom and Depression
Edin, Per-Anders; Forslund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
of labor market programs on youth employment. We find that the slump in the 1990s has been associated with dramatic … and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … for labor by skill attributable to technological innovation. The employment crisis has been met by an unprecedented …
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Ranking of Job Applicants, On-the-Job Search and Persistent Unemployment.
Eriksson, S.; Gottfries, N. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
employment status affects both the level and the persistence of unemployment and numerically that these effects are substantial …
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Consumption, Income, Wealth and Household Debt - n Econometric Analysis of the Swedish Experience 1970- 1992.
Berg, L.; Bergstrom, R. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1993
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The Impact of Skill Development and Human Capital Training on Self Help Groups.
Bali Swain, Ranjula - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2009
We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...
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Do Protestant Aid Organizations Aid Protestants Only?
Bengtsson, Niklas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
We estimate the impact of a village-level assistance program run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania on literacy and schooling. The programs are partly funded by official development assistance from the US and EU. Villages in northwestern Tanzania are economically isolated but are...
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Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?,
Bali Swain, Ranjula; Varghese, Adel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
We evaluate the effect of Self Help Group participation on a long term impact parameter, namely asset creation. Indian Self Help Groups (SHGs)are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results reveal that longer membership in SHGs...
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Economic or Non-Economic Factors – What Empowers Women?
B, Ranjula; Wallentin, Fan Yang - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of financial services. We investigate this further to determine whether it is the economic or the non-economic factors that have a greater impact on empowering women. Using household...
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After Apartheid: The Effects of ANC Power
Poulsen, Jonas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
councillors themselves, while I find suggestive evidence of an increase in the poverty rate due to the party. Lastly, although …
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