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Attrition in Randomized Control Trials : Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
Molina Millán, Teresa - 2017
This paper starts from a review of RCT studies in development economics, and documents many studies largely ignore attrition once attrition rates are found balanced between treatment arms. The paper analyzes the implications of attrition for the internal and external validity of the results of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957495
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J. - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
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Stigma in Welfare Programs
Celhay, Pablo; Meyer, Bruce; Mittag, Nikolas - 2022
Stigma of welfare participation is important for policy and survey design, because it deters program take-up and increases misreporting. Stigma is also relevant to the literature on social image concerns, yet empirical evidence is scant because stigma is difficult to empirically identify. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030404
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Do Perceptions of Economic Well-Being Predict the Onset of War and Peace?
Swee, Eik - 2019
perception of economic well-being, possibly influenced by such tactics, predicts war and peace onset. Using unique data … war onset during periods of rebel recruitment, and with earlier peace onset in general. These results hold regardless of … suggest that civilian perception of well-being ought to be considered seriously as a determinant of war and peace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861302
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Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict? Understanding the Decision of an Opposition Group
Jetter, Michael - 2016
the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict … and their choice between peace, a terrorism campaign, and open conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988126
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Do Europe’s Minimum Income Schemes ProvideAdequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis andHow, If at All, Have Governments Responded?
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Van Mechelen, Natascha - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changesthat have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens withadequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on datafor 24 European Union countries,...
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Immigrant Welfare Receipt Across Europe
Barrett, Alan - 2011
The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129906
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The American Family in Black and White : A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality
Heckman, James J. - 2011
In contemporary America, racial gaps in achievement are primarily due to gaps in skills. Skill gaps emerge early before children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality in performance in school is strongly linked to inequality in family environments. Schools do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129926
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Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US : Between Equity and Efficiency
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131163
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The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Child Well-Being : Evidence from Geographic Variation in the Distance to Social Service Agencies
Herbst, Chris M. - 2010
In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139507