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Is social responsibility a normal good?
Bartling, Björn; Valero, Vanessa; Weber, Roberto A. - 2018
We investigate whether growth in consumer income causes an increased willingness to pay to mitigate negative externalities from consumption. Correlational field evidence suggests a positive relationship between income and social responsibility. To investigate a causal link, we conduct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969210
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The Effect of Elections on Economic Growth: Results from a Natural Experiment in Indonesia
Moricz, Sara; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2014
elections on local economic growth in Indonesia by using a quasi-experimental research method. The first direct elections of … district leaders in Indonesia were performed in a staggered manner, and decided such that the year of election is exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208683
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Minimum Wages and Firm-Level Employment in a Developing Country
Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2020
other important economic changes. To overcome this problem, we examine exogenous changes to local minimum wages in Indonesia …
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Do boys and girls use computers differently, and does it contribute to why boys do worse in school than girls?
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis." An analysis of the latest data on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores, and other measurable educational outcomes, and these...
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Revisiting the educational effects of fetal lodine deciency
Bengtsson, Niklas; Peterson, Stefan; Sävje, Fredrik - 2013
Recent research has reported positive effects on schooling due to in utero protection from iodine deficiency resulting from iodized oil capsule distribution in Tanzania. We revisit the Tanzanian experience by investigating how these effects differ over time and across surveys; across different...
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation by men domestically; increased female education, especially at the university and vocational level, increases female …
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An empirical analysis of gender bias in education spending in Paraguay
Masterson, Thomas - 2008
on education are examined empirically, at both the household and the individual level. Results are mixed, though the … balance of evidence weighs toward pro-male bias in spending on education at the household level. Results also indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266524
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Quick impact initiatives for gender equality: a menu of options
Grown, Caren A. - 2006
The UN Millennium Project identified a set of Quick Impact Initiatives (QIIs) for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). According to the Millennium Project, QIIs are interventions to be implemented in the early years of an MDG scale-up strategy that generate rapid results. With...
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Are boys discriminated in Swedish high schools?
Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Höglin, Erik; Johannesson, … - 2010
Girls typically have higher grades than boys in school and recent research suggests that part of this gender difference may be due to discrimination of boys. We rigorously test this in a field experiment where a random sample of the same tests in the Swedish language is subject to blind and...
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School tracking and development of cognitive skills
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Kerr, Sari - 2009
school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We estimate the … the scores of students from families where parents had only basic education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273922