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A number of researchers have studied the effect of social networks on student academic performance, but the results are not only contradictory but also limited by the use of self-reported estimations of social network use. This paper overcomes this problem, however, as we collect unique data on...
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This study examines the effect of social networks on the decision to purchase consumer products among 337 rural households in Indonesia. In particular, we focus on two types of products: gas stoves and probiotic drinks. The two types are different in that the benefits of the use of gas stoves...
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In this study we examine the link between of income inequality and wholesale price of wheat using panel data. We have … find that price of food grain initially increases with increase in inequality but after a point it starts declining …
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-172) provide a model analyzing the effect of capital accumulation on income inequality. We integrate two additional features to a … investment projects relatively to other agents. I show that inequality increases in a first stage of development and, contrarily …
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This paper examines the relationship between globalization, financial deepening, and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa … globalization deteriorates inequality, its disequalizing effect depends on the level of development of the country. Further, this … inequality. We conclude that in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of globalization, the rich have become richer and the poor have …
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Using panel data for more than 80 countries from 1999-2007 this paper studies the marginal effect of education on the … shadow economy, particularly considering the quality of institutions. The results show that higher levels of education fuel …
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for the level of education allows for superior estimation of group-specific Phillips curves. In this paper we consider … economies. We find that the education-adjusted unemployment gap does little to help estimate the inflation-unemployment tradeoff …
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The paper contributes to the literature on gender-based disparity in human capital by extending existing results on educational attainment to the number of years of experience that female vs. male managers have among informal or unregistered firms. Using the case of Rwanda, results show that the...
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This empirical note complements the qualitative and theoretical research on positive household stigma towards child labor. We use data from Guatemala and two instruments for measuring stigma: a child's indigenous background and household head's childhood work experience. We then adopt binomial...
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inequality in total consumption expenditure by different sources (food, education, health, durable goods and other items … expenditure on food items, inequality contributions of expenditures on all other heads including education, health, durable goods … equal during the past two decades, represent a declining share of total consumption. In contrast, expenditures on education …
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