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Did Latvia's public works program mitigate the impact of the 2008 - 2010 crisis?
Azam, Mehtabul; Ferré, Céline; Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan - 2012
To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia … dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped … the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces …
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Intergenerational transmission of healthy eating behaviour and the role of household income
Goode, Alison; Mavromaras, Kostas; Smith, Murray - 2008
adult children. It uses the 2003 Scottish Health Survey and estimates the association between the present healthy eating …
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The economic security index: A new measure for research and policy analysis
Hacker, Jacob S.; Huber, Gregory Alain; Nichols, Austin; … - 2012
This paper presents the Economic Security Index (ESI), a new, more comprehensive measure of economic insecurity. By combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket...
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The measurement of child costs: a rothbarth-type method consistent with scale economies
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2009
economies of scale in the household and indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)'s sense. We illustrate the method with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269709
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The measurement of child costs: evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit … - 2009
indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)'s sense. A practical aspect of the present approach is that it does not require price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274025
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Is informal sector work an alternative to workfare benefits? The case of pre-program expansion and economic crisis
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001 economic crisis. This paper tests the hypothesis whether informal work is an alternative to workfare participation before a...
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Shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positive linear link between the size of...
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Shadow Economies around the World : What Do We Know?
Schneider, Friedrich G.; Klinglmair, Robert - 2004
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1999-2000 in developing countries is 41%, in transition countries 38% and...
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The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World : First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003
Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2004
official GDP) over 2002/2003 in developing countries is 39.1%, in transition countries 40.1%, in OECD countries 16.3%, South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276573
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The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 22 Transition and 21 OECD Countries
Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2002
Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) 16.7% of ?official? GDP and of 22...
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