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Does Aid Work for the Poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...
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Poverty, Human Capital, Life-cycle and the Tax and Transfer Bases: The Role of Education for Development and International Competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2011
revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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The Evolution Of Education And Health Poverty During Economic Development:The Case Of Indonesia, 1991–2007
Sumner, Andy - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2013
This paper discusses the evolution of education and health poverty in Indonesia during a period of substantial economic … poverty using the Demographic and Health Survey. The case of Indonesia suggests that poverty may urbanize but remains largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660833
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Who are likely to be the future poor in Indonesia? Evidence on primary school non-completion from six rounds of the Demographic and Health Survey, 1991-2012
Sumner, Andy - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2014
The non-completion of primary school and educational attainment in general in Indonesia has been associated with an increased likelihood of being or remaining poor. In light of this, this paper considers the evolution of primary school non-completion using six rounds of the Indonesia Demographic...
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Measuring education inequality in the Philippines
Mesa, Eirene P. - In: Philippine Review of Economics 44 (2007) 2, pp. 33-70
of schooling and gross domestic regional product, but positively associated with the income Gini index, poverty incidence …, and poverty gap. …
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Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Chen, Xi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
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The Academic Consequences of Early Childhood Problem Behaviors
Turney, Kristin; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
Non-cognitive skills in childhood and adolescence are associated with a host of outcomes in adulthood, including educational and occupational attainment. One explanation for these associations is that poor non-cognitive skills in early childhood interfere with the development of cognitive skills...
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Low-income housing in high-amenity areas: Long-run impacts on residential development
Thorsnes, Paul; Alexander, Robert; Kidson, David - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
Centre-left governments from the 1940s into the 1970s developed several large areas in the urban fringe of Dunedin, New Zealand for low-density, mostly single-family public rental housing. The public housing in these areas is now accessible, well endowed with natural amenities, and allocated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552489
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DYNAMICS OF POVERTY AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY
Ribar, David C.; Hamrick, Karen S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003
This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 … uses these data to characterize the incidence and dynamics of poverty and food problems for the entire U.S. population and … associated with transitions into and out of poverty and food insufficiency, and it analyzes the empirical results in the context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525894