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Take the highway? paved roads and well-being in Africa
Djemaï, Elodie; Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542141
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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations : causal evidence from a mentoring intervention
Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021
We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190676
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Helping farmers escape the poverty trap through sustainable livelihoods
Alta, Aditya; Zahra, Amalina Az; Fauzi, Azizah Nazzala - 2023
relatively large number of Indonesians. Because of low productivity, poverty has become the main social issue for farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014338699
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Does gentrification displace poor households? : an "identification-via-interaction" approach
Waights, Sevrin - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883167
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Short-term impacts of carbon offsetting on emissions trading schemes : empirical insights from the EU experience
Gavard, Claire; Kirat, Djamel - 2020 - This version: 22 September 2020
The Paris Agreement established a new mechanism by which a country can offset some of its emissions reductions in other countries. Its design is still under negotiation. While taking advantage of cheaper abatement opportunities enables efficiency gains, the impact on the price volatility in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304834
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Can family-support policies help explain differences in working hours across countries?
Sila, Urban - 2009
It has been suggested in the literature that taxes and subsidies play an important role in explaining the differences in working hours across countries. In this paper I test whether public programmes for family support play a role in explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894448
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Criminality, social cohesion and economic performance
Entorf, Horst - 2000
The paper intends to contribute to a better understanding of the interactions between criminality, economic performance and social cohesion. We try to achieve this aim by evaluating the existing economic and criminological research and by carrying out own empirical investigation on the basis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428328
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(When) does money growth help to predict Euro-area inflation at low frequencies?
Schreiber, Sven - 2013 - this version: June 2013
Short answer: It helps a lot when other important variables are excluded from the information set. Longer answer: We revisit claims in the literature that money growth is Granger-causal for inflation at low frequencies. Applying frequency-specific tests in a comprehensive system setup for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774367
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Is there only one way out of in-work poverty? : difference by gender and race in the US
Struffolino, Emanuela; Van Winkle, Zachary - 2019
escape poverty. Research has focused on the risk factors associated with in-work poverty, but scholars know little about … longitudinal data sources (NLSY79, NLSY97, and PSID) to establish a typo logy of employment pathways out of in-work poverty and … grees of labor market attachment, economic vulnerability, and volatility. White men are most likely exit in-work poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014974
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Implications of climate policy on energy poverty
Belaîd, Fateh; Hejazi, Mohamad; Kamboj, Puneet; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424448