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Human capital investment by the poor: Informing policy with laboratory experiments
Eckel, Catherine; Johnson, Cathleen; Montmarquette, Claude - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of the study is to better understand human capital investment decisions of the working poor, and to collect information that can be used to design a policy to induce the poor to invest in human capital. We use laboratory experimental methodology to elicit the preferences and observe...
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oTree - An Open-Source Platform for Laboratory, Online, and Field Experiments
Chen, Daniel Li; Schonger, Martin; Wickens, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
oTree is an open-source and online software for implementing interactive experiments in the laboratory, online, the field or combinations thereof. oTree does not require installation of software on subjects’ devices; it can run on any device that has a web browser, be that a desktop computer,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196422
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Selection into skill accumulation: evidence using observational and experimental data
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Gangadharan, Lata; Maitra, Pushkar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper combines unique survey and experimental data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program. Women residing in selected disadvantaged areas in New Delhi, India were invited to apply for a 6-month long free training program in stitching and tailoring....
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Neue Methoden zur Eignungsberatung an Hochschulen – Eine experimentelle Analyse eines webbasierten Self-Assessments
Bolsinger, Harald; Jäckle, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Depending on the field of major, between a quarter and half of German students in higher education quit prematurely. As a means to reduce the drop-out rate many universities have launched online self-assessments to provide guidance when applicants choose among different subjects. However, so far...
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The role and the performance of public sector in the European Union
Donath, Liliana; Milos, Marius - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The role of the state is finally the decision of the citizens. The government, being a result of elections, can provide more or less protection and increase or decrease expenditures. Anyway for achieving goals and for being performant the state definitly has to promote a good governance. Good...
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Power Sector Reform: Some Lessons for Kerala
Pillai N., Vijayamohanan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Electric power is so vital to both our economic and personal wellbeing that the erstwhile state policy in most of the developing countries, including India, had vested the power industry in the hands of the state as a promotional agency for subsidized supply. However, with the onset of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835838
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Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988–2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period regardless of the exact location of the poverty line....
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An axiomatic approach to sustainable development
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
The paper proposes two axioms that capture the idea of sustainable development and derives the welfare criterion that …-run future, and specify trade-offs between them. It examines other welfare criteria which are generally utilized: discounted … value under a standard price system may fail to reach optimal sustainable welfare levels, and Example 4 that the two …
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Causality and Efficiency in the Coffee Futures Market
Kebede, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
and welfare loss. …
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Empirical Assessment of Nigeria’s Agricultural Export and Economic Welfare
Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi; Ehumadu, Felix; Mejeha, Remy; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper assessed empirically Nigeria’s agricultural export and economic welfare. Data used for the study were … economic welfare of Nigeria. Economic welfare was found to have grown at rate of 2.9% over the period and would be expected to … welfare. …
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