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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016
-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non …. For Pakistan, there is no evidence that micro-credit effects employment. However, for Bangladesh, there is robust evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502591