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The tragedy of clientelism : opting children out
Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 2017
Governments in new democracies launch social policies with the purported goal of alleviating the effects of poverty among the most vulnerable households, usually low income families with children. However, this goal is can be thwarted by the clientelistic distribution of social policies'...
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The truly vulnerable : integrating wealth into the measurement of poverty and social policy effectiveness
Kuypers, Sarah; Marx, Ive - 2017
There is a burgeoning literature on the significance and distribution of wealth in the rich world. It mainly focuses on the top. Wealth remains remarkably absent from the analysis of poverty and the redistributive effectiveness of welfare systems. This paper shows that real and financial assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737502
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Making it home? : evidence on the longrun impact of an intensive support program for the chronically homeless on housing, employment and health
Kühnle, Daniel; Johnson, Guy; Tseng, Yi-ping - 2022
Interventions that combine unconditional permanent housing with support services, known as Housing First approaches, generally improve housing outcomes for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. However, little is known about their long-run outcomes or the consequences of ending such...
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin (contributor); Ryan, Jim G. (contributor) - 2007
"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429632
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Family planning as an investment in development : evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen (contributor); Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2007
"The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003451844
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Early childbirth, health inputs and child mortality : recent evidence from Bangladesh
Maitra, Pushkar (contributor); Pal, Sarmistha (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing and child mortality in Bangladesh, a country where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597970
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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Deng, Quheng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …
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School access, resources, and learning outcomes : evidence from a non-formal school program in Bangladesh
Dang, Hai-anh; Sarr, Leopold; Asadullah, Niaz - 2011
– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244021
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Poisoning the mind : arsenic contamination of drinking water wells and children's educational achievement in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2011
Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and … well-being ; Bangladesh …
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Cognitive, non-cognitive skills and gender wage gaps : evidence from linked employer-employee data in Bangladesh
Nordman, Christophe J.; Sarr, Leopold R.; Sharma, Smriti - 2015
We use a first-hand linked employer-employee dataset representing the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288539