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Dumas, Christelle - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 127-142

This article looks into the relationship between market imperfections and child labor. A rural household model shows … that households with medium-sized plots may increase child labor when the labor market improves, contrary to the others. We … estimate the relationship between child labor and various measures of market imperfections in Madagascar, controlling for a …

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Local and Personal Networks in Employment and the Development of Labor Markets: Evidence from the Cut Flower Industry in Ethiopia

Mano, Yukichi; Yamano, Takashi; Suzuki, Aya; Matsumoto, … - In: World Development 39 (2011) 10, pp. 1760-1770

labor market in Ethiopia’s growing cut flower industry. Using primary survey data of 320 workers randomly sampled from all … disappeared over time. Further, we find that the development of labor market for this newly-emerged industry took place …

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Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988–2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis

Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - In: World Development 62 (2014) C, pp. 1-13

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China from 1988 to 2008 by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality largely due to changes in the wage structure. During 2002–08, changes in the...

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From State to Market: Private Participation in China’s Urban Infrastructure Sectors, 1992–2008

Zhang, Yanlong - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 473-486

Public–private partnership (PPP) has gained popularity during the market-oriented reforms in China’s urban infrastructure sectors. This paper explores how city characteristics, spatial pressures, and other institutional forces condition the extent of liberalization reforms in local...

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Does Welfare Enable Family Expenditures on Human Capital? Evidence from China

Gao, Qin; Zhai, Fuhua; Yang, Sui; Li, Shi - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 219-231

Using the national China Household Income Project 2007 urban survey data and a propensity score matching method, this article investigates whether welfare receipt helped enable low-income families to spend more on human capital. We find that welfare recipient families prioritized spending in...

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Caste Comparisons in India: Evidence From Subjective Well-Being Data

Fontaine, Xavier; Yamada, Katsunori - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 407-419

This paper evaluates how caste influences economic comparisons in India. Using happiness data from an original panel survey, we find that both within-caste comparisons and between-caste comparisons reduce well-being. Between-caste comparisons reduce well-being three times more than within-caste...

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Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh

Toufique, Kazi Ali; Belton, Ben - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 609-620

Aquaculture is widely held to contribute to poverty reduction and food security in the Global South, but robust evidence is limited. Using nationally representative data from Bangladesh, this study analyses changes in fish consumption from 2000 to 2010. Rapid expansion of commercial aquaculture...

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Parental Education as a Criterion for Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Basant, Rakesh; Sen, Gitanjali - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 803-814

Affirmative action, in the form of reservation policies, to address the issues of inclusion has been in place in India for a long time. While its scope has enlarged with inclusion of new social groups, the efficacy remains a matter of debate. This paper explores if parental education is an...

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Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia

Hampton, Mark P.; Jeyacheya, Julia - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 481-495

This paper examines the political economy of tourism development in islands and uses Gili Trawangan, Indonesia as a case study. A longitudinal study drawing from fieldwork contributes to the discussion of how different types of power shape community development, and how the effects of hosting...

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Measuring Exposure to Downside Risk with an Application to Thailand and Vietnam

Povel, Felix - In: World Development 71 (2015) C, pp. 4-24

In this paper we propose a new measure of exposure to downside risk. Its reference point is the current standard of living of a household as opposed to other benchmarks such as the poverty line in the case of measures of vulnerability. Using panel data from Thailand and Vietnam we develop an...

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