Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of …

a sharp increase in world poverty. -- clean energy ; food prices ; household welfare ; renewable fuel standards … ; poverty …

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

panel growth regression analysis and a structural VAR model. We find that, on average, the incidence of terrorism may have … an economically significant negative effect on growth, albeit one that is considerably smaller and less persistent than … negative influence of these incidents on growth is smaller. …

growth enhancing tax and expenditure reform. We quantitatively illustrate that this reform based strategy, by … reapingsubstantial efficiency gains and inducing strong growth, eliminates the Covid debt, protects per capita social entitlements and …

Do minimum wages reduce in-work-poverty and wage inequality? Or can alternative policies do better? We evaluate theses … in Germany, on employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and incomes of poor households: 1) a statutory minimum …