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Consumption growth and spatial poverty traps : an analysis of the effect of social services and community infrastructures on living standards in rural Peru
de Vreyer, Philippe; Herrera, Javier; Mesplé-Somps, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Why are there areas with persistenly low levels of income or consumption? This could result from the concentration of households with a low capital endowment or from variations in households’ environment. Peru is a country with a very much fragmented topography and climate, that combines dry...
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Do Immigrants Cause Crime?
Bianchi, Milo; Buonanno, Paolo; Pinotti, Paolo - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
We examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the period 1990 … with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. Then, we use instrumental variables based on … other types of crime. Since robberies represent a very minor fraction of all criminal o ffenses, the eff ect on the overall …
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Stealing to Survive : Crime and Income Shocks in 19th Century France
Galbiati, Roberto; Caroli, Eve; Bignon, Vincent - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Using local administrative data from 1826 to 1936, we document the evolution of crime rates in 19th century France and … we estimate the impact of a negative income shock on crime. Our identification strategy exploits the phylloxera crisis … this shock to identify its impact on property and violent crime rates, as well as minor offences. Our estimates suggest …
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L’effet de la Couverture maladie universelle complémentaire (CMU-C) sur le nombre de visites chez le médecin : une analyse par régression sur discontinuités
Guthmuller, Sophie; Wittwer, Jérôme - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
qualify for the free plan and adopt a regression discontinuity approach using eligibility (family income below the cut …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764086
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Growth, Reform Indicators and Policy Complementarities
Oliveira Martins, Joaquim; De Macedo, Jorge Braga - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
In order to assess the growth implications of policy complementarities, this paper applies second-best results to reform indicators. During the transition from central planning to EU integration, which corresponds to a policy cycle, a complementarity index based on structural indicators compiled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707407
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Payer nuit gravement à la santé : une étude de l’impact du renoncement financier aux soins sur l’état de santé
Dourgnon, Paul; Jusot, Florence; Fantin, Romain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This article focusses on self-assessed unmet needs for financial reasons. We study its social and economic determinants and its consequences on future health status, from a longitu- dinal dataset: the French Heath, Health care and Insurance Survey (Enquête Santé Protection Sociale). We first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072023
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Does poverty trap rural Malagasy households?
Gaspart, Frédéric; Thomas, Anne-Claire - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This paper studies the determinants of poverty dynamics in several rural areas from Madagascar. A particular attention is devoted to testing if rural poverty persistence in Madagascar could be explained by a vicious circle leading to a poverty trap. Annual poverty transitions retrieved from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072454
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Allocation de l'aide internationale et instabilités sociopolitiques
Chauvet, Lisa - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002
This paper proposes an econometric analysis of the effects of three kinds of socio-political instability - violent, social and elite - on foreign aid allocation. Arellano and Bond [1991] application of the generalized method of moments estima­tions show that the effect of socio-political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072877
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Préférences face au risque et à l'avenir. Types d'épargnants
Verger, Daniel; Masson, André; Arrondel, Luc - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
In an extended variant of the life-cycle hypothesis, saving behaviour is shown to depend crucially on the interaction between two preference parameters : γ, which represents risk attitudes (aversion, prudence…), and δ, the rate of time depreciation. Hence, the predictions of four specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073664
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Socio-political instability and the allocation of international aid by donors
Chauvet, Lisa - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003
This paper investigates empirically how three types of socio-political instability—elite, violent, and social—influence international aid allocation by donors. The results indicate that aid allocation depends on the type of instability (the effect of violent and elite instability is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074255