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Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Akay, Alpaslan; Martinsson, Peter - 2008

We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, where relative income has shown a significant and negative impact on subjective well-being, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income...

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Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data

Bluffstone, Randall; Yesuf, Mahmud; Bushie, Bilisuma; … - 2008

This paper provides an in-depth look at some of the key development issues facing households in Ethiopia, in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Using household survey data from 2000, 2002, and 2005, we found that Ethiopia is making progress toward some vital MDG goals, but...

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Poverty Persistence and Intra-Household Heterogeneity in Occupations: Some Evidence from Ethiopia

Alem, Yonas - 2014

Previous studies of poverty in developing countries have to a great extent focused on the characteristics of the … rounds of panel data to investigate the persistence of poverty in urban Ethiopia with a particular focus on the role of intra … market status of non-head household members are important determinants of households' poverty status. Results also show that …

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Adoption and Impact of Improved Groundnut Varieties on Rural Poverty: Evidence from Rural Uganda

Kassie, Menale; Shiferaw, Bekele; Muricho, Geoffrey - 2010

This paper evaluates the ex-post impact of adopting improved groundnut varieties on crop income and rural poverty in … estimated the average adoption premium using propensity score matching (PSM), poverty dominance analysis tests, and a linear … regression model to check robustness of results. Poverty dominance analysis tests and linear regression estimates are based on …

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Private Access Fees and Congestion Is There a Role for Government After All?

Salant, Stephen; Seegert, Nathan - 2014

We reconsider an important debate between Pigou (1920) and Knight (1924) nominally about congestible roads. Contrary to Knight's contention, allowing independent players to set tolls on congestible roads does not necessarily induce an efficient allocation of motorists. Toll- setting does result...

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Does Britain or the United States Have the Right Gasoline Tax?

Parry, Ian; Small, Kenneth - 2002

This paper develops an analytical framework for assessing the second-best optimal level of gasoline taxation, taking into account unpriced pollution, congestion, and accident externalities and interactions with the broader fiscal system. We provide calculations of the optimal taxes for the...

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Are Energy Efficiency Standards Justified?

Parry, Ian W.H.; Evans, David A.; Oates, Wallace E. - 2010

This paper develops and parameterizes an overarching analytical framework to estimate the welfare effects of energy efficiency standards applied to automobiles and electricity-using durables. We also compare standards with sectoral and economywide pricing policies. The model captures a wide...

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Alcohol/Leisure Complementarity: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Tax Policy

West, Sarah E.; Parry, Ian W.H. - 2009

This paper provides a first attempt to estimate the cross-price elasticity between alcoholic beverages and leisure, which is critical for assessing how much alcohol taxation might be warranted on fiscal grounds. We estimate an Almost Ideal Demand System defined over alcohol, leisure, and other...

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Climate Policy and Fiscal Constraints: Do Tax Interactions Outweigh Carbon Leakage?

Fischer, Carolyn; Fox, Alan K. - 2012

Climate policymaking faces twin challenges of carbon leakage and public sector revenue requirements. A large literature advocates the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) pricing and recycling the revenues to lower distorting taxes as a way to minimize costs. In this paper, we explore the implications of...

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International Fuel Tax Assessment: An Application to Chile

Parry, Ian; Strand, Jon - 2010

Most developed and developing country governments levy taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel used by motor vehicles. However, outside of the United States and Europe, automobile and heavy truck externalities have not been quantified, so policymakers have little guidance on whether prevailing tax...

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