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Should consumption sub-aggregates be used to measure poverty?
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Ligon, Ethan; Sohnesen, Thomas Pave - 2020
Frequent measurement of poverty is challenging, as measurement often relies on complex and expensive expenditure surveys that try to measure expenditures on a comprehensive consumption aggregate. This paper investigates the use of consumption "sub-aggregates" instead. The use of consumption...
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Managing food price volatility in a large open country : the case of wheat in India
Gouel, Christophe; Gautam, Madhur; Martin, Will - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431452
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Iraq's universal public distribution system : utilization and impacts during displacement
Phadera, Lokendra; Sharma, Dhiraj; Wai-Poi, Matthew - 2020
Subsidized or free distribution of food has been a central pillar of social protection programs in many countries. With the number of forcibly displaced persons at record levels, the question arises of whether in-kind food transfer programs are effective in mitigating the loss of welfare induced...
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Feeding of infants and young children in South Asia
Torlesse, Harriet; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002475
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Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality? : evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
Đỗ-Quý-Toàn; Joshi, Shareen; Stolper, Samuel - 2016
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Fiscal solvency and sustainability in economic management
Dinh, Hinh-truong - 1999
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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020
mobility. This paper tests these predictions in India and China using data not subject to coresidency bias. The evidence … rejects the linear conditional expectation function in rural and urban India in favor of a concave relation. Girls in India … rural India, the mechanisms are underestimation of the ability of girls and unfavorable school environment. There is some …
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States diverge, cities converge : drivers of local growth catch-up in India
Li, Yue; Rama, Martín; Zhao, Qinghua - 2018
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Integration and price transmission in key food commodity markets in India
Boffa, Mauro; Varela, Gonzalo - 2019
This paper examines patterns of market integration for food commodities in India. First, it tests the extent of … integration. The results reveal that in India, food markets are imperfectly integrated across space, with the law of one price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008011
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What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption?
Gibson, John K.; Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717958