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Climate change, inequality, and human migration
Burzyńskia, Michał; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, … - 2019
climate change induces generalized and persistent conflicts over resources in regions at risk, we project significantly larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118293
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The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: evidence from the Vietnam war
Duong Trung Le; Thanh Minh Pham; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2021
This paper examines the long-term health impact of Agent Orange, a toxic military herbicide containing dioxin that was used extensively during the U.S.-Vietnam war in the 1960-70s. Using a nationally representative health survey and an instrumental variable approach that addresses the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649405
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Discrimination as favoritism : the private benefits and social costs of in-group favoritism in an experimental labor market
Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Peterlé, Emmanuel - 2017
In this paper, we examine labor market favoritism in a unique laboratory experiment design that can shed light on both the private benefits and spillover costs of employer favoritism (or discrimination). Group identity is induced on subjects such that each laboratory "society"consists of eight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621487
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Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their impact on education in Africa
Bourdon, Jean (contributor); Frölich, Markus (contributor);  … - 2007
the quantile treatment effects for Niger, Togo and Mali, based on very informative data, comparable across these countries … same time, we also observe clear differences between the countries. We find that, overall, effects are positive in Mali … contract teacher programme in the three countries. In Mali and, to some extent, in Togo, the contract teacher system works more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003599698
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A community based program promotes sanitation
Alzúa, Mará Laura; Djebbari, Habiba; Pickering, Amy J. - 2018
assess an intervention that provides information and behavioral incentives to encourage villagers in rural Mali to build and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821505
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Payment for ecosystem services from forests
Alix Garcia, Jennifer M.; Wolff, Hendrik - 2014
Every year between 2000 and 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica. (FAO, 2010). This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the presence of vegetation key to maintaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356967
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The short-term population health effects of weather and pollution : implications of climate change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - 2013
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229929
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How do households discount over centuries? : evidence from Singapore's private housing market
Fesselmeyer, Eric; Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - 2016
We examine Singapore's fairly homogeneous private-housing market and show that new apartments on historical multi-century leases trade at a non-zero discount relative to property owned in perpetuity. Descriptive regressions indicate that new apartments with 825 to 986 years of tenure remaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455856
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Climate vulnerability, communities' resilience and child labour
Boutin, Delphine - 2014
This article clarifies and quantifies the causal impact of climate change vulnerability on child labour incidence and intensity. For this purpose, we create an index of vulnerability to climate change, composed of biophysical vulnerability and communities' resilience. Both, participation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419031
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Climate change, agricultural production and civil conflict : evidence from the Philippines
Crost, Benjamin; Duquennois, Claire; Felter, Joseph; … - 2015
Climate change is predicted to affect global rainfall patterns, but there is mixed evidence with regard to the effect of rainfall on civil conflict. Even among researchers who argue that rainfall reduces civil conflict, there is disagreement as to the underlying mechanism. Using data from the...
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