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-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a …"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …
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Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...
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-reported sex worker diaries which include detailed information on sexual behavior, labor supply, and health shocks, the authors … find that sex workers adjust their supply of risky, better compensated sex to cope with unexpected health shocks, exposing … responses entail significant health risks for sex workers and their partners, and suggest that sex workers are unable to cope …
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contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …
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ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …
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"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …
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