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Gender and Asset Ownership : A Guide to Collecting Individual-Level Data
Doss, Cheryl; Grown, Caren; Deere, Carmen Diana - 2012
-98 Vietnam survey questionnaires. The analysis shows that it is feasible to add a minimal set of questions to enable calculation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552495
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Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam : A Socioeconomic Perspective
Baulch, Bob; Thi Kim Chuyen, Truong; Haughton, Dominique - 2013
ethnic groups in Vietnam. Using data from the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey and 1999 Census, they show that Kinh and … Hoa ("majority") households have substantially higher living standards than "minority" households from Vietnam's other 52 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559598
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Patterns of Health Care Utilization in Vietnam : Analysis of 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey Data
Trivedi, Pravin K. - 2013
The author provides an econometric analysis of health care utilization in Vietnam based on individual and household … level data from the 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey. The author focuses on the major features of health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559535
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Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s
Glewwe, Paul; Koch, Stefanie; Nguyen, Bui Linh - 2013
Vietnam's rapid economic growth in the 1990s greatly increased the incomes of Vietnamese households, which led to a … dramatic decline in poverty. Over the same period, child malnutrition rates in Vietnam, as measured by low height for age in … status in Vietnam. Different estimation methods applied to the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey data find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559536
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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - 2012
This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between 1991 and 2004. The analysis addresses concerns about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552236
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Forced Displacement, Gender, and Livelihoods : Refugees in Ethiopia
Admasu, Yeshwas - 2021
This study uses the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and host communities. The results show that refugees are significantly less likely to be in employment, and that household characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255530
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Profiling Living Conditions of the DRC Urban Population : Access to Housing and Services in Kinshasa Province
Batana, Yele Maweki; Jarotschkin, Alexandra; Konou, Akakpo - 2021
This paper examines living conditions - mainly access to infrastructure and basic services - in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics. First, drawing on a household survey conducted in the capital province in 2018, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255535
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The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys
Acosta, Pablo; Fajnzylber, Pablo; Lopez, J. Humberto - 2012
This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with migration-the potential income that the migrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552695
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The Living Conditions of Children
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2012
This paper summarizes the socioeconomic conditions of children around the world. It explores solutions to the main problems, along with a summary of the costs and benefits of some of the solutions. Emphasis is on the results from rigorous studies, impact evaluations, and randomized experiments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552700
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Investing Cash Transfers to Raise Long-Term Living Standards
Gertler, Paul; Martinez, Sebastian; Rubio-Codina, Marta - 2012
The authors test whether poor households use cash transfers to invest in income generating activities that they otherwise would not have been able to do. Using data from a controlled randomized experiment, they find that transfers from the Oportunidades program to households in rural Mexico...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553816