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Evaluating the success of President Johnson's war on poverty : revisiting the historical record using a full-income poverty measure
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Elwell, James; … - 2019
We evaluate progress in President's Johnson's War on Poverty. We do so relative to the scientifically arbitrary but policy relevant 20 percent baseline poverty rate he established for 1963. No existing poverty measure fully captures poverty reductions based on the standard that President Johnson...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149105
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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290644
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Comparative Analysis of Microfinance Policy Frameworks and Legislation of Selected Countries
Brown, Matthew - 2010
This comparative study seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue and development of policy frameworks specifically in Azerbaijan and Central Asia. Given the IFC's current transformation work in this area, the countries that have been included in this study are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248138
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Labor market policies and outcomes : cross country evidence for the EU-27
Rovelli, Riccardo (contributor); Bruno, Randolph (contributor) - 2007
We conduct a comparative analysis of Labor Market Policies and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU members, including new member states after 2004. We focus on indicators of policy generosity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586557
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Labor market policies, institutions and employment rates in the EU-27
Rovelli, Riccardo (contributor); Bruno, Randolph (contributor) - 2008
We compare labor market policies, institutions and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU members, including new member states after 2004. We focus on indicators of policy generosity (expenditures relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716540
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Equivalent years of schooling : a metric to communicate learning gains in concrete terms
Evans, David K.; Yuan, Fei - 2019
In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education interventions in developing countries. The impact magnitudes are often reported in terms of "standard deviations," making them difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007992
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Competition and hospital quality : evidence from a French natural experiment
Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - 2017
We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital … and financial autonomy as well as their reimbursement systems and incentives for competition before the reform, but they … competition in terms of decrease in mortality after the reform. We estimate a duration model for mortality stratified at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596162
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Multidimensional targeting and evaluation : a general framework with an application to a poverty program in Bangladesh
Robano, Virginia; Smith, Stephen C. - 2013
eligibility. We apply recent advances in multidimensional measurement analysis to develop a straightforward method for summarizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125890
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On the effects of wildfires on poverty in Bolivia
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2024
This paper examines the impact of severe wildfire events on Bolivia's poverty and labor market outcomes. We use a panel from 2005 to 2020 utilizing NASA's MODIS Collection-6 MCD64A1 burned area product and household surveys. To attain survey representativeness at a lower geographical level, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529844
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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010
According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984793