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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - In: The quarterly journal of economics 122 (2007) 2, pp. 601-646
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Aging and death under a dollar a day
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - In: Research findings in the economics of aging, (pp. 169-203). 2010
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Aging and death under a dollar a day
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - 2007
"This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003627075
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005
effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient … district where a dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located … downstream from the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our …
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189255
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003168368
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Aging and Death Under a Dollar a Day
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759650
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Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?
Banerjee, Abhijit - 2019
Can microcredit help unlock a poverty trap for some people by putting their businesses on a different trajectory? Could …, India, we find that "gung ho entrepreneurs" (GEs), households who were already running a business before microfinance … facilitate escape from a poverty trap …
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Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2007
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464963
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Dams
Duflo, Esther - 2005
large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466961