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How strong is the transmission of socio-economic status across generations in Latin America? To answer this question, we first review the empirical literature on intergenerational mobility and inequality of opportunity for the region, summarizing results for both income and educational outcomes....
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Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service delivery and public health. By experimentally identifying the impact of incentives for local maintenance for both providers and potential users, this paper provides one of the...
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We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand automobile transactions in the strike-affected areas. Leveraging data on 10 million automobile transactions occurring before and after...
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individuals who cause it. For instance, urban fuel consumers generate greater pollution damages compared to rural consumers, but …
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This paper re-examines the relationship between per capita income, inequality, and per capita emissions while accounting for nonhomotheticity in green preferences and nonlinearities in the impact of economic growth on GHG emissions. Theoretically, our research is motivated by the fact that if...
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Since independence, India has come a long way from being a food-deficit to a food surplus country. With its varied agro …-climatic conditions and large production base, the country has become a leading exporter of fresh and processed food products. The Indian … government is keen to promote exports of fresh and processed food products and, in recent years, the government has come up with …
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the food system are key to reach these carbon neutrality goals, as agriculture and resulting land-use changes are …. We consider both direct agriculture emissions and the pressure that food production puts on land use changes, and track …-negative emissions food system able to balance emissions from the rest of the economy will require ambitious and sustained improvements …
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