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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
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Education and freedom of choice : evidence from arranged marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use … significantly weaker for men. -- arranged marriage ; education ; schooling ; freedom of choice ; development ; Vietnam ; Red River …
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Liberty and the post-utilitarian society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
. Individual responsibility is seriously undermined, as is faith in markets. He concludes that supporters of individual freedom …
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Influence of freedom of choice on happiness
Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, Christopher R.; … - 2022
studies, we investigate the role of the freedom of choice as a key contributing construct in influencing a person's happiness …. We define two hypothetical sub-constructs for the freedom of choice to fully develop a model of happiness. We name those …
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Free to fail? : paternalistic preferences in the United States
Bartling, Björn; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Hermes, Henning; … - 2023
hard intervention that removes the stakeholder's freedom to choose, while a large majority implement a soft intervention …
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Does economic freedom moderate perceived corruption for firms in India?
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Stivers, Adam - 2023
Available wisdom suggests that a negative relationship prevails between economic freedom and perceived corruption among … economic freedom in influencing perceived corruption. The firm-level data helps to explore the relationship between economic … freedom across Indian states and the perceived corruption in the formal sector. A statistically significant negative …
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The contribution of female health to economic development
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2015
We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium framework in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for...
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Income and population growth
Brückner, Markus; Schwandt, Hannes - 2013
Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this paper we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to national income that are plausibly exogenous and unlikely to be driven by technological change. For a panel of over 139 countries spanning the period 1960-2007 we interact...
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Gone with the storm : rainfall shocks and household well-being in Guatemala
Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - 2015
This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) - the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept - on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita...
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Initial conditions matter : social capital and participatory development
Cameron, Lisa Ann; Olivia, Susan; Shah, Manisha - 2015
Billions of dollars have been spent on participatory development programs in the developing world. These programs give community members an active decision-making role. Given the emphasis on community involvement, one might expect that the effectiveness of this approach would depend on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407813