Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 125
Cover Image
Subjective well-being and relative poverty in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2012
-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282155
Cover Image
Family planning and women's and children's health: Long term consequences of an outreach program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282602
Cover Image
Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286262
Cover Image
What determines religious school choice? Theory and evidence from rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, Niaz; Chakrabarti, Rupa; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289859
Cover Image
Going to school in Purdah: Female schooling, mobility norms and madrasas in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291357
Cover Image
Child poverty and changes in child poverty in rich countries since 1990
Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - 2005
This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272015
Cover Image
Do Europe's minimum income schemes provide adequate shelter against the economic crisis and how, if at all, have governments responded?
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Van Mechelen, Natascha - 2011
The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changes that have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens with adequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on data for 24 European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282192
Cover Image
A call for comparative research: Consequences of a rising income inequality for state activities
Neubäumer, Renate - 2011
The aim of this discussion paper is not only to activate a debate over the interrelation between rising income inequality and economic policy measures but also to initiate comparative research in several European countries and North America. It discusses the consequences of a rising income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278315
Cover Image
Family planning as an investment in development: evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2007
The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267802
Cover Image
Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - 2007
The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267871