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A breath of fresh air: raising awareness for clean fuel adoption
Afridi, Farzana; Debnath, Sisir; Somanathan, E. - 2020
them, or raise health awareness along with providing information on the universal cash-back LPG subsidy program or a … financial constraints and the importance of the design of public subsidy schemes in inducing regular usage of clean fuels. …
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Timing the transfer : liquidity constraints and the transition to clean fuels
Afridi, Farzana; Barnwal, Prabhat; Sarkar, Shreya - 2024
We study the role of the administrative design of energy subsidy programs aimed at encouraging households' transition … to cleaner energy sources. Our context is the universal subsidy for clean cooking gas (LPG) in India - households first … purchase LPG at the market price (over-the-counter) and then receive a "cash-back" subsidy in their bank account. The subsidy …
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Why should state government invest in college education? : an equilibrium approach for the US in 2000
Shields, Michael P. (contributor) - 2008
This paper is a preliminary look at the benefits to states in the US of subsidizing college education. The benefits studies are the external benefits of college education on the earnings of both college graduates and those who have not graduated from college. In completing a college education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729416
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Student loans repayment and recovery : international comparisons
Shen, Hua (contributor); Ziderman, Adrian (contributor) - 2008
Student loans schemes are in operation in more than seventy countries around the world. Most loans schemes benefit from sizeable built-in government subsidies and, in addition, are subject to repayment default and administrative costs that are not passed on to student borrowers. We probe two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003731575
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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects
Caliendo, Marco (contributor);  … - 2007
Fostering and supporting start-up businesses by unemployed persons has become an increasingly important issue in many European countries. These new ventures are being supported by various governmental programs. Potential benefits include not only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646707
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Child care subsidies and child development
Herbst, Chris M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2008
of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778467
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Cheaper child care, more children
Mörk, Eva (contributor); Sjögren, Anna (contributor);  … - 2009
We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous variation in child care costs caused by a Swedish child care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794128
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Subsidizing firm entry in open economies
Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - 2009
firms where government subsidizes entry of domestic entrepreneurs. Under autarky the entry subsidy indirectly corrects for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894876
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Do means-tested school lunch subsidies change children's weekly consumption patterns?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - 2009
This article examines whether the means-tested component of the National School Lunch Program changes beneficiaries' dietary patterns by taking advantage of variation across public school districts in the financing of and demand for lunch and nutrition programs. Using data on fifth grade public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899781
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The caring hand that cripples : the East German labor market after reunification ; (detailed version)
Snower, Dennis J. (contributor);  … - 2006 - Detailed Version
The East German labor market has hardly made any progress since German reunification, despite massive migration flows and support from the West. We argue that East Germany is in trouble precisely because of the support it has received. This paper explores the phenomenon of "the caring hand that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377867