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housing court to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline. We find that tenants who gain …
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of Vietnam in comparison to Thailand, as well as government subsidies for reskilling of labour fource throughout their …
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flood risk beliefs. The model incorporates a Bayesian learning mechanism allowing agents to update their beliefs depending … on whether flood events occur. Second, to quantify these elements, we implement a door-to-door survey campaign in Rhode … Island. The results confirm significant heterogeneity in flood risk beliefs, and that selection into coastal homes is driven …
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-maturity bonds and is not solely driven by near-term flood risk. We use a structural model of credit risk to quantify the implied …
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Human capital, including health and nutrition, has played a key role in the literature on poverty traps. Economic … and, thereby, push individuals into poverty. Three potential concerns in this literature are explored with empirical …
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Hospitals face large and variable costs from treating indigent care patients. Two methods of "reinsuring" hospitals against these costs are providing these patients with insurance and directly providing hospitals with supplemental payments to cover the expected costs of treating the indigent....
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This paper argues that the relation between temptations and the level of consumption plays a key role in explaining the observed behaviors of the poor. Temptation goods are defined to be the set of goods that generate positive utility for the self that consumes them, but not for any previous...
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We review the experimental and quasi-experimental research evidence on the causal relationship between college costs and educational attainment, with a particular focus on low-income populations. The weight of the evidence indicates that reducing college costs can increase college entry and...
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