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A tax on children? : food price inflation and health
Woldemichael, Andinet; Kidane, Daniel; Shimeles, Abebe - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990112
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Human poverty : measuring relative deprivation from basic achievements : a comparative study for 144 world countries in the time span 1990-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
Poverty – differently defined and measured – still remains one the crucial parts of the world development debate. It`s broadly perceived as multidimensional phenomenon which deprives people from basic capabilities and freedoms, limits their opportunity to educate and fully participate in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802052
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Gender differences in mental well-being : a decomposition analysis
Madden, David - 2008
decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723874
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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013
A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to … assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802061
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The effect of house prices on fertility : evidence from Canada
Clark, Jeremy; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2016
To the extent that families' fertility decisions respond to economic factors, the price of housing is an important and relatively neglected candidate for consideration in fertility decisions. In theory, the effect of changes in housing prices on family size will depend on the quantity of housing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064008
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Household responses to disability shocks : spousal labor supply, caregiving, and disability insurance
Lee, Siha - 2020
This paper examines married women's time allocation to market hours and spousal care in the event of their husbands' disability and its implications for evaluating the insurance value of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. First, I find that while spousal labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012197295
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Can early intervention have a sustained effect on human capital?
Doyle, Orla - 2020
Evidence on the sustained effect of early intervention is inconclusive, with many studies experiencing a dissolution of treatment effects once the program ends. Using a randomized trial, this paper examines the impact of Preparing for Life (PFL), a pregnancy to age five home visiting and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212899
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The first 2,000 days and child skills : evidence from a randomized experiment of home visiting
Doyle, Orla - 2017
by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children's skills are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685716
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Female labor supply and divorce : new evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire; González, Libertad; … - 2010
If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. This simple prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729279
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Optimal commodity taxation and redistribution within households
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2011
Using a collective model of consumption, we characterize optimal commodity taxes aimed at targeting specific individuals within the household. The main message is that distortionary indirect taxation can circumvent the agency problem of the household. Essentially, taxation should discourage less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009730373