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Food security and wheat prices in Afghanistan: A distribution-sensitive analysis of household-level impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282217
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The effect of village-based schools: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Afghanistan
Burde, Dana; Linden, Leigh L. - 2012
sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282542
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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large …. Therefore while conflict may not be the driving factor in overall levels of food insecurity in Afghanistan, it may limit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283950
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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the … Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 2007 to December 2010. We find that drone strikes do not have any … significant impact on terrorist violence in Afghanistan but that drone strikes do have a significant impact on Taliban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286855
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The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan
Burde, Dana; Linden, Leigh L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279263
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Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542045
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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large …. Therefore while conflict may not be the driving factor in overall levels of food insecurity in Afghanistan, it may limit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552949
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Artificial Intelligence against COVID-19: An Early Review
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207791
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The Case for Releasing the Young from Lockdown: A Briefing Paper for Policymakers
Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2020
The UK is 'locked down' because of coronavirus (COVID-19). No clear exit strategy currently exists. This paper suggests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207794
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Lockdowns, Loneliness and Life Satisfaction
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020
Using the 2012-13 American Time Use Survey, I find that both who people spend time with and how they spend it affect their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases most with additional time spent with spouse. Among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207821