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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before … and rural households at selected quantiles of the distribution. We also compare these estimates with those at mean …
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Targeted Business Incentives and the Debt Behavior of Households
Di, Wenhua - 2016
households affected by such programs. We analyze the impact of the Texas Enterprise Zone Program on household debt and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001345
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Regional Policy Evaluation : Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls
Gobillon, Laurent - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in difference estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078823
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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia
Kebede, Selamawit; Heshmati, Almas - 2023
This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes. Further, it evaluates the different industrial...
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Engel Curves, Spatial Variation in Prices and Demand for Commodities in Côte D'Ivoire
Gbakou, Monnet - 2011
considerably stronger for rich households (those in the 90th percentile of total expenditure) than for poor households (those in … shows that starch is more of a necessity for poor households than for rich ones, whereas meat and dairy products are more of … a luxury good for poor households than for rich households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128830
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An Essay on Real Wage Index Numbers
Pencavel, John H. - 2011
Real wage index numbers have been used to measure movements in the standard of living of the typical worker. This paper describes some of these indicators for the United States and England. A new real wage index is proposed that resembles the sliding scale used to adjust wages in certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130789
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132818
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Work to Live or Live to Work? Unemployment, Happiness, and Culture
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle - 2011
Happiness drops when individuals become unemployed. The negative impact of the unemployment shock, however, may differ by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic,' this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in its cultural diversity. By comparing different cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118278
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The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010
Loughrey, Jason - 2011
This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland … that changes in the cost of living have differed substantially between households both in terms of demographics and the … of households in response to price changes in most years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124494
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Differences in Quality of Life Estimates Using Rents and Home Values
Winters, John V. - 2012
Quality of life differences across areas can be measured by differences in “real wages”, where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living differences involves several important issues, including how housing prices should be measured....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103501