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Global boom, local impacts : mining revenues and subnational outcomes in Peru 2007 - 2011
Zambrano, Omar; Robles, Marcos; Laos, Denisse - 2014
of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …
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Understanding the growth of the middle class in Bolivia
Beverinotti, Javier; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; … - 2021
In this paper we aim to disentangle how sectoral economic growth affects the size of the middle class, using state-level data of Bolivia from 2000 to 2017 and breaking the three main economic activities into subsectors to attain more-specific results. Because the data from Bolivia are limited,...
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Fiscal Scenario of South Asian Countries: Implications for Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Akram, Naeem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Sustainable economic growth and Poverty alleviation is a principal objective of the developing countries. The present … resource drain for already limited revenues and is halting economic growth and poverty reduction efforts. …
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Investigating the origins of differentiated vulnerabilities to climate change and their effects on wellbeing
Cappelli, Federica - 2020
The paper traces the evolution the concept of socioeconomic vulnerability to climate change has followed in the academic and scientific debate. The recent recognition of vulnerability as a social construction has shifted the focus of the analysis on the dimension of adaptive capacity, i.e. the...
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Do upcoming “Smart cities” need to provide smart distribution of higher urban economic growth? Evidence from Urban India
Tripathi, Sabyasachi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
is measured by the estimation of poverty, inequality and pro-poorness. The paper suggests that the upcoming ―Smart cities …
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Disentangling the wage impacts of offshoring on a developing country : theory and policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2016 - This version: May 2016
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Effective Labor Taxation and the International Location of Headquarters
Egger, Peter H. - 2012
Profit taxes are widely acknowledged to influence the location of firms' headquarters. This paper sheds light on the role of aspects of labor taxation for the international location of headquarters. While profit taxes can be avoided in various ways, it is much harder for firms to manipulate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106126
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Labor Income Taxation, Human Capital and Growth : The Role of Child Care
Casarico, Alessandra - 2009
This paper studies the implications of introducing child care in the human capital production function when assessing the effects of labor income taxation on growth. We develop an OLG model where formal schooling and child care enter the human capital production function as complements and we...
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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?
Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021
Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages than in middle age, and for people in bad...
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Growing inequality and weakening multilateralism : is there a connection?
Vandemoortele, Jan - 2019
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