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Pricing natural gas in Mexico : an application of the Little Mirrlees rule : the case of quasi-rents

Brito, Dagobert Llanos; Rosellón, Juan - 2010

In 1997, the Comisión Reguladora de Energía of Mexico implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas … government to use the netback rule based on the Texas price of gas to set the price of natural gas in Mexico even though the … various bottlenecks. -- Natural gas ; welfare ; pricing ; Mexico ; regulation …

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Distributed photovoltaic power generation : possibilities, benefits, and challenges for a widespread application in the Mexican residential sector

Hancevic, Pedro I.; Nuñez, Hector M.; Rosellón, Juan - 2017

Mexico plans to implement a national program to support the adoption of distributed photo-voltaic generation (DPVG …

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Using panel data on income satisfaction to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity

Schwarze, Johannes - 2000

In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income satisfaction will be developed. In contrast to other subjective approaches, the present one benefits from the fact that no direct cardinal individual welfare function has to be...

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Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? : evidence from a natural experiment

Dwenger, Nadja; Storck, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009

fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in … across states. -- Mobility of high-school graduates ; tuition fees ; natural experiment …

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The impact of international migration and remittances on the labor-supply behavior of those left behind : evidence from Egypt

Binzel, Christine; Asʿad, Rāǧī - 2009

We analyze in this paper the impact of male-dominated migration and remittance income on the participation and hours worked decisions of adults left behind, including the hours spent by women in subsistence and domestic work. We differentiate between a 'pure' migration ("M") effect and the joint...

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Movers or stayers? : understanding the drivers of IDP camp decongestion during post-conflict recovery in Uganda

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Muhumuza, Tony - 2012

The paper explores factors that influence the household decision to leave internal displacement camps in the immediate aftermath of violent conflict. Our analysis is based on two sources of information: household survey data collected in northern Uganda for households that were displaced by the...

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Remittances and children's capabilities : new evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005 - 2008

Kröger, Antje; Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2011

The Kyrgyz Republic is one of the largest recipients of international remittances in the world; from a Balance of Payments measure of remittances, it ranked tenth in the world in 2008 in the ratio of remittances to GDP, a rapid increase from 30th place in 2004. Remittances can be used to maintain...

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Determining minimum wages in China : do economic factors dominate?

Dreger, Christian; Kosfeld, Reinhold; Zhang, Yanqun - 2016

Minimum wages may be an important instrument to reduce income inequality in a society and to promote socially inclusive economic growth. While higher minimum wages can support the Chinese transformation towards consumption driven growth, they can worsen the price competitiveness in export...

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Understanding Chinese consumption : the impact of hukou

Dreger, Christian; Wang, Tongsan; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013

The Chinese growth miracle was based on exports and investment in recent years. While strong output growth has been maintained even during the financial crisis, the imbalances within the country increased. To return to a more sustainable path of development, policies are directed to improve the...

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Health of elderly parents, their children's labor supply, and the role of migrant care workers

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Paetzold, Jörg; … - 2020

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children’s labor market out- comes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian...

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