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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth
Valaguzza, Sara (ed.); Hughes, Mark Alan (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Ideological Trick of Climate Change and Sustainability -- 3. Words Count: the Role of Language in Overcoming Climate Inertia -- 4. Measuring Complex Socio-Economic Phenomena. Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- 5. Glaciers: Vanishing Elements of our Mountains and...
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The Scots May Be Brave But They are Neither Healthy Nor Happy
Bell, David N.F; Blanchflower, David G. - 2021
worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The …
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30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall : Turns and Twists in Economies, Politics, and Societies in the Post-Communist Countries
Akimov, Alexandr (ed.); Kazakevitch, Gennadi (ed.) - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-Communism in Europe … Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe have tied their post-communist transition to deep integration into the West …, including EU accession. Most of the states in Central and Eastern Europe have been able to relatively successfully transform …
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From Itinerant Trade to Moneylending in the Era of Financial Inclusion : Households, Debts and Masculinity among Calon Gypsies of Northeast Brazil
Fotta, Martin - 2018
This book analyses how Calon Gypsies in Brazil have responded to global financial transformations and shifted their economic practices from itinerant trade to moneylending. It also explores their role as ethnic credit providers, offering rare insight into the financial lives of poor and...
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Der bedarfsgewichtete Käse und die neue Armut
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 10, pp. 14-16
Glaubt man dem neuesten Armutsbericht der Bundesregierung, sind 13% der Bevölkerung in Deutschland armutsgefährdet. Sind die derzeit aus den Medien zu hörenden Alarmrufe angebracht, oder leidet die öffentliche Diskussion unter einer Begriffsverwirrung und wird durch ein statistisches...
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Income inequality, credit and public support for redistribution
Kus, Basak; Fan, Wen - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 50 (2015) 4, pp. 198-205
Credit affects individuals’ perceptions and experiences of inequality. Having access to credit enables those in lower- and middle-income groups to consume an array of products and services that they otherwise would not be able to afford, thereby taking the edge off discontent. Citizens with...
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HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa
Levinsohn, James A. - 2011
Because individuals with HIV are more likely to fall into poverty, and the poor may be at higher risk of contracting HIV, simple estimates of the effect of HIV status on economic outcomes will tend to be biased. In this paper, we use two econometric methods based on the propensity score to...
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Health Shocks, Insurance Status and Net Worth : Intra- and Inter-Generational Effects
Conley, Dalton - 2011
An extensive literature has documented a robust correlation between socioeconomic status--measured in a variety of ways--and health outcomes; however, much uncertainty remains regarding what causal processes underlie this association. The present paper builds on a growing literature that seeks...
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Selection in Insurance Markets : Theory and Empirics in Pictures
Einav, Liran - 2011
We present a graphical framework for analyzing both theoretical and empirical work on selection in insurance markets. We begin by using this framework to review the "textbook" adverse selection environment and its implications for insurance allocation, social welfare, and public policy. We then...
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The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs
Hoynes, Hilary Williamson - 2010
This paper estimates the total value that individuals derive from their state's tax-and-transfer program, and shows how this value varies by income. The paper decomposes this total value into two components: redistributive value, which is due to predictable changes in income (and family...
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