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Small business economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian reservation

Benson, David A.; Lies, Aaron; Okunade, Albert A.; … - 2009

Poverty rates on Native American Indian reservations are triple the US average. Small business incubation programs, available elsewhere in the US, are sparse on the reservations. Small businesses are potent drivers of US economic growth. Some 25.5 million entrepreneurs generate more than 50% of...

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Excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness among status Indians in Canada

Akee, Randall; Feir, Donna - 2016

In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the...

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Employment discrimination against indigenous peoples in the United States : evidence from a field experiment

Button, Patrick; Walker, Brigham - 2019

We conducted a resume correspondence experiment to measure discrimination in hiring faced by Indigenous Peoples in the United States (Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). We sent employers realistic resumes for common jobs (retail sales, kitchen staff, server, janitor, and...

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Native American "deaths of despair" and economic conditions

Akee, Randall; Feir, Donna; Gorzig, Marina Mileo; … - 2022

Non-Hispanic whites who do not have a college degree have experienced an increase in "deaths of despair" - deaths caused by suicide, drug use, and alcohol use. Yet, deaths of despair are proportionally largest among Native Americans and the rate of increase of these deaths matches that of...

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The slaughter of the bison and reversal of fortunes on the Great Plains

Feir, Donna; Gillezeau, Rob; Jones, Maggie - 2022

In the late nineteenth century, the North American bison was brought to the brink of extinction in just over a decade. We demonstrate that the loss of the bison had immediate, negative consequences for the Native Americans who relied on them and ultimately resulted in a permanent reversal of...

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When do nations tax? : the adoption of property tax codes by First Nations in Canada

Feir, Donna; Jones, Maggie; Scoones, W. David - 2022

Recent changes in Canadian legislation have enabled First Nations to adopt property taxation and other forms of taxation on reserves, thereby allowing them to directly finance their local governments through local tax revenues. In this paper, we compile data on the passage of First Nations tax...

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American Indian casinos and Native American self-identification

Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian - 2023

This paper links Native American racial self-identification with the rise in tribal gaming across the United States. We find that state policy changes allowing tribes to open casinos are associated with an increase in the probability that individuals with American Indian ancestors will...

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The distribution of income in Central America

Gindling, Thomas; Trejos, Juan Diego - 2013

distributions of income in Latin America. At the other extreme, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua were among the most unequal … inequality in El Salvador and Nicaragua decreased while inequality in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras increased. By 2009 … and Nicaragua but increased in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. -- income inequality ; Central America ; labour income …

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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

strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept - on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative … seen in urban Guatemala between 2006 and 2011, which national authorities and analysts previously attributed solely to the …

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Women in paid employment: a role for public policies and social norms in Guatemala

Almeida, Rita; Viollaz, Mariana - 2022

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the …

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