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 …

important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local … monetary poverty. These results provide important lessons for policy on the effects of earmarked funds to reduce territorial … poverty and inequality in terms of incentives to design formulas to distribute earmarked fiscal resources to subnational …

economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …

Vietnam. After controlling for individual and regional characteristics, we find strong and consistent evidence that day … no heterogeneous effects by poverty status. An examination of the underlying mechanisms shows that reductions in income …

programs. -- Afghanistan ; food security ; conflict ; nutrition ; poverty ; spatial distribution …

Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and …

recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the … welfare state and anti-poverty policies. We then focus on the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address …