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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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Econometric evaluation of social programs, Part I: Causal models, structural models and econometric policy evaluation
Heckman, James J.; Vytlacil, Edward - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003601763
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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 : 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