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Poverty, inequality and social protection in Myanmar
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012939960
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Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Myanmar
Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2021
programmes. We conduct a poverty and inequality decomposition analysis as well as a benefit-incidence analysis to examine the … negligible poverty reducing effects at the national level. The contribution of welfare benefits to reducing inequality is mixed … to the distribution of income. Further simulation analysis indicates that expanding coverage under poverty targeting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214767
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Cash transfers and labor supply : new evidence on impacts and mechanisms
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tarp, Finn - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014253140
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Cash transfers and labor supply : new evidence on impacts and mechanisms
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tarp, Finn - 2023
We study the impact of a national cash transfer program in Vietnam on labor supply using large household surveys and a regression-discontinuity design based on discontinuity in age eligibility. We do not find evidence of a disincentive effect of the cash transfer on labor supply for adults aged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228214
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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring these insights into the debates about comparative support for government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We fill in this gap by analyzing rich survey data from six countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305923
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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring these insights into the debates about comparative support for government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We fill in this gap by analyzing rich survey data from six countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303668
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Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Leyaro, Vincent; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - 2016
We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484492
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Aid effectiveness
Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - In: Problems, promises, and paradoxes of aid : Africa's …, (pp. 16-37). 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462902
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Aid effectiveness : opening the black box
Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2011
impacts on growth through key intermediate outcomes. A coherent picture emerges: aid stimulates growth and reduces poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009260998