This paper examines the impact of the recent recession in Belarus on poverty and broader measures of household welfare … and compares the recent recession episode to previous economic crises in Belarus. The paper constructs a measure of …, which is estimated for each year of the household survey data between 2014 and 2017. The analysis finds that the recession …

mobilization for planting and harvest, thereby reducing rice area planted as well as rice yields. Household welfare, measured by …

implications for households' welfare. The analysis finds important gains in welfare among current users of telecom services, with …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … distributional characteristics. Using years of life as a welfare metric yields a single parameter that captures the underlying trade …-off between lives and livelihoods: how many PYs have the same welfare cost as one LY. Taking an agnostic view of this parameter …

are effective in mitigating the loss of welfare induced by forced displacement. This paper examines whether Iraq's Public …

to policy makers and academics alike. This paper analyzes the long-term effects on the welfare of the original … look into the effects on schooling and health, the analysis focuses on a utilitarian definition of welfare and employs two …