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Natural disasters, mitigation and household welfare in Indonesia : evidence from a large-scale longitudinal survey

Dartanto, Teguh - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-31

examine the impact of natural disasters on Indonesian household welfare (consumption and poverty) using the Indonesian Family … devastating impacts of disasters and in lessening households’ vulnerability to poverty. The policy recommendations resulting from …

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The determinants of household poverty : the case of Berehet Woreda, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Neway, Markew Mengiste; Massresha, Solomon Estifanos - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16

Nowadays, poverty is one of the most important issues that needs due attention in many developing countries like … Ethiopia. Nonetheless, poverty in Ethiopia remains widespread in both rural and urban areas. Therefore, this study aimed to … examine the determinants and status of poverty in Berehet Woreda. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional survey. To …

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The Social Cost of Carbon and Inequality : When Local Redistribution Shapes Global Carbon Prices

Kornek, Ulrike - 2019

The social cost of carbon is the central economic measure for aggregate climate change damages and functions as a metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of...

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FDI inflows and poverty reduction in Botswana : an empirical investigation

Magombeyi, M. T.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-15

This study investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on poverty reduction in Botswana from … 1980 to 2014. The main objective of this study is to establish whether FDI plays a positive role in poverty reduction. The … investigate the relationship. To ensure robustness, the study uses three poverty reduction proxies which are household consumption …

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Changes in gender differences in household poverty in Kenya

Ichwara, Jared Masini; Kiriti-Nganga, Tabitha W.; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-27

Gender poverty differences in households are likely to affect female-headed households more than male-headed households …. This paper examined the evolution of the gender poverty rate gap and identified the factors that underlie differences in … poverty rates between female-headed households and male-headed households using the most recent representative household …

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Adoption of improved groundnut seed and its impact on rural households' welfare in Eastern Ethiopia

Ahmed, Musa H.; Mesfin, Hiwot M.; Abady, Seltene; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18

This study has evaluated the impact of adoption of improved groundnut seed on the well-being of the farmers of Eastern Ethiopia using a cross-sectional data collected from 301 sample households. To address this objective, both descriptive and econometric analysis methods were employed. In the...

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Causal relationship between FDI and poverty reduction in South Africa

Magombeyi, M. T.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12

This study investigates the causal relationship between poverty reduction and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows … of causality between FDI and poverty reduction, which is important to policy-makers as it identifies which variable to … study reveal a distinct unidirectional causality from poverty reduction to FDI in both the short run and the long run when …

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Investigating the determinants of household welfare in the Central Highland, Vietnam

Hung Manh Nguyen; Nguyen Tuan Anh - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-11

Least Square (OLS) and a Logit estimators were used to examine factors affecting household income and poverty incidence … household income and poverty eradication; wage employment is positively associated with poverty alleviation but not per capita … income; and only some types of land were positively related to income and poverty reduction. The findings suggest that …

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On the policy implications of changing longevity

Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Grégory - 2012

Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on...

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