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Short- and long-term determinants of cardiovascular mortality : an econometric assessment of the working age population in Russia, 1965 - 95

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Climate shocks, agriculture, and migration in Nepal : disentangling the interdependencies

Arslan, Aslıhan; Egger, Eva-Maria; Mane, Erdgin; … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021

variability. Smallholders can adjust by diversifying income sources, including through migration. Most existing studies … investigate whether households send a migrant after experiencing weather shocks, but the literature lacks evidence on migration as … effect of changing weather patterns over a few years on migration as a diversification strategy. Using a novel household …

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Concepts of social mobility

Fields, Gary S. - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2019

This paper has two purposes. The first is to define clearly different social mobility concepts and components. The second is to embed these concepts and components into a larger context of social mobility research. The core of the paper develops six mobility concepts and their measures as well...

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Economic transformation and income distribution in China over three decades

Cai, Meng; Gustafsson, Björn; Knight, John B. - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2023

It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from being on a par with Sub Sahara Africa at the start of economic reform to being an economic superpower today. That rise remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural...

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Growth, employment, and poverty in Latin America

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in Latin America in the 2000s. Its analysis answers the following broad questions: Has economic growth resulted in gains in standards of living and reductions in poverty via...