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estimated through a CGE model (GTAP) and then mapped into the welfare function of the household using household survey data. The … empirical approach the author uses aims to measure the impact of Doha implementation by tracing changes in the household prices … of goods and factors and their impact on household welfare, taking particular account the role of domestic price …
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"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in … measurement error, the method overcomes the problem of the endogeneity of unit values. By endogeneizing household income, the … method to an expenditure and income survey for rural Mexico. It shows that the corrections suggested in this paper are …
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"The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a … the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico--PROGRESA (OPORTUNIDADES)--they investigate the interaction between child …
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different household responsibilities? No, although gender affects employment decisions indirectly, through household role. Labor … patterns are more similar for men and women who have the same household role …
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One problem when estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function with micro data is how to deal with the observations that show positive output but do not use some of the inputs. As the log of zero is not defined one standard procedure is to arbitrarily replace those zero values with "sufficinetly...
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"This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks … compensated for some of the intra-household differences, as they reduced child labor more for older boys who used to work more and … suggest that time allocation and specialization patterns in child labor within the household are important factors to …
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"Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and …
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based natural resource management on household welfare. The paper focuses on the economic welfare of households living …? Within the game management area, the paper tries to determine the factors that influence household participation in natural …
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"Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households have to adjust their day-to-day decisions, including...
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