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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 … evidence of pure son preference in rural India. The girls in rural China do not face bias in financial investment by parents …This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of …
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Lock-in effects of road expansion on CO2 emissions : results from a core-periphery model of Beijing
Anas, Alex - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916365
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Endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of China's pollution levy system
Wang, Hua; Wheeler, David - 2000
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Transportation and the environment : a review of empirical literature
Li, Shanjun; Xing, Jianwei; Yang, Lin; Zhang, Fan - 2020
In urban areas around the world, increasing motorization and growing travel demand make the urban transportation sector an ever-greater contributor to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The situation is particularly acute in developing countries, where growing metropolitan regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388753
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Incidence of COVID-19 and connections with air pollution exposure : evidence from the Netherlands
Andrée, Bo Pieter Johannes - 2020
The fast spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has resulted in the emergence of several hot-spots around the world. Several of these are located in areas associated with high levels of air pollution. This study investigates the relationship between exposure to particulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240589
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Traffic, air pollution, and distributional impacts in Dar es Salaam : a spatial analysis with new satellite data
Dasgupta, Susmita; Lall, Somik V.; Wheeler, David - 2020
Air pollution from vehicular traffic is a major source of health damage in urban areas. The problems of urban traffic and pollution are essentially geographic, because their incidence and impacts depend on the spatial distribution of economic activities, households, and transport links. This...
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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce PM 2.5 concentrations? : if so, for whom? : empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia
Bluffstone, Randall Ames; LaFave, Daniel; Mekonnen, Alemu; … - 2019
Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine household air pollution reductions from an improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059046
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Pollution and city competitiveness : a descriptive analysis
Lozano Gracia, Nancy; Soppelsa, Maria E. - 2019
As cities grow, the negative effects of congestion start to play their part, often affecting the cities' ability to become and remain competitive. Although many studies have focused on these negative effects, the links between pollution and city competitiveness are less explored. This paper...
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All in my head? : the play of exclusion and discrimination in the labor market
Bordia Das, Maitreyi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379240
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Exploring the sources of downward bias in measuring inequality of opportunity
Ibarra, Gabriel Lara; Martinez Cruz, Adan L. - 2015
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