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Energy Price Shocks and the Demand for Energy-Efficient Housing : Evidence from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Braakmann, Nils; Dursun, Bahadir; Pickard, Harry - 2023

How do private consumers adapt to changes to energy prices, in particular do they invest in energy-saving measures? We study this question in the context of the rapid rise in energy prices caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the demand for energy efficiency in the UK...

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Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in Rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011

mobility in 141 villages in rural Bangladesh. Regression estimates of father-son correlations and analyses of intergenerational …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121328

Poisoning the Mind : Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011

Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and …

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School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from a Non-Formal School Program in Bangladesh

Dang, Hai-Anh - 2011

– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …

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Going to School in Purdah : Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012

This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction … Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) is combined with community information on the availability of non‐religious secondary …

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What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …

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Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012

-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …

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Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health : Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen - 2012

implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades …

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Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh

Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2013

BRAC, a non-governmental organization (NGO), runs a large number of non-formal primary schools in Bangladesh which …

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Economic Growth and Child Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh and China

Begum, Syeda Shahanara - 2014

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

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