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Assessing the impact of the maternity capital policy in Russia using a dynamic model of fertility and employment

Slonimczyk, Fabián; Jurko, Anna V. - 2013

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis … model of fertility and labor force participation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. We find that the … program increased long-run fertility by about 0.15 children per woman. …

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The lasting effect of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family : evidence from World War II in Russia

Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2016

How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced …

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Short- and long-run effects of a sizable child subsidy : evidence from Russia

Sorvachev, Ilia; Jakovlev, Evgenij - 2020

This paper utilizes a large-scale natural experiment aimed at increasing fertility in Russia. Motivated by a decade …-long decrease in fertility and population, the Russian government introduced a sequence of sizable child subsidies (called Maternity … Capitals) in 2007 and 2012. We find that the Maternity Capital resulted in a significant increase in fertility both in the …

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Data scarcity and poverty measurement

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2021

Measuring poverty trends and dynamics is an important undertaking for poverty reduction policies, which is further highlighted by the SDG goal 1 on eradicating poverty by 2030. We provide a broad overview of the pros and cons of poverty imputation in data-scarce environments, update recent...

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Estimating poverty for refugee populations : can cross-survey imputation methods substitute for data scarcity?

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Verme, Paolo - 2019

The increasing growth of forced displacement worldwide has led to the stronger interest of various stakeholders in measuring poverty among refugee populations. However, refugee data remain scarce, particularly in relation to the measurement of income, consumption, or expenditure. This paper...

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Cumulation of cross-section surveys: evaluation of alternative concepts for the cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 compared to the Sample Survey of...

Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning - 2010

With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...

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How reliable are income data collected with a single question?

Micklewright, John (contributor); … - 2007

Income is an important correlate for numerous phenomena in the social sciences. But many surveys collect data with just a single question covering all forms of income. This raises issues of quality, and these are heightened when individuals are asked about the household total rather than own...

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Poverty in Britain in 1904 : an early social survey rediscovered

Gazeley, Ian (contributor); Newell, Andrew (contributor) - 2007

Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turn of the 20th century. This paper introduces a newly-discovered household budget data set for the early 1900s. These data are more representative of urban working households in Britain in the period...

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The British household panel survey and its income data

Jenkins, Stephen - 2010

This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...

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Beyond qualifications : returns to cognitive and socio-emotional skills in Colombia

Acosta, Pablo; Muller, Noël; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2015

This paper examines the relationship between individuals' skills and labor market outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia's urban areas. Using a 2012 unique household survey, the paper finds that cognitive skills (aptitudes to perform mental tasks such as comprehension or reasoning)...

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