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Bright Investments : Measuring the Impact of Transport Infrastructure Using Luminosity Data in Haiti
Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2019
This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, using satellite night-light luminosity as a proxy measure. Our identification strategy exploits the differential timing of rehabilitation projects across various road segments of the primary...
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Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China
Gustafsson, Björn - 2007
Since the second half of the 1990s economic restructuring in urban China has led to widespread joblessness and income insecurity. The rapid expansion of the system of social assistance, Di Bao, can be understood from this perspective. Using a survey covering large parts of urban China in 2002,...
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Rural People's Perception of Poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn - 2007
Subjective Poverty Line methodology is applied to rural China 2002 using a sample from 22 provinces. Respondents were asked two questions: one on amount of food necessary and another on amount of cash necessary for their households. The respondent's perception of how much cash is needed varies...
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Poverty and Survival
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …
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Access to Banking Services and Poverty Reduction : A State-Wise Assessment in India
Bhandari, Amit K. - 2013
poorest sections of society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal …
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The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities : Evidence from India
Chin, Aimee - 2009
state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …
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Welfare Dynamics in India Over a Quarter Century : Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility During 1987-2012
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2020
We analyze the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88–2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these...
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Aggregate Effects from Public Works : Evidence from India
Cook, C. Justin - 2020
This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS …
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Aspirations, Poverty and Education : Evidence from India
Serneels, Pieter M. - 2020
This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find that mother aspirations are strongly related to the child's grade achieved at age 18. The relation is nonlinear, suggesting there is a threshold, and depends on caste, household...
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Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification Among Dalits in Rural India
Gang, Ira N. - 2012
The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …
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