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The contribution of IFPRI research and the impact of the Food for Education Program in Bangladesh on schooling outcomes and earnings
Ryan, James G.; Meng, Xin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
, evolution, and impact of the food for education (FFE) program in Bangladesh. It reviews the outputs from the IFPRI program and … decision making in Bangladesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010798305
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : the Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - In: Journal of population economics 23 (2010) 2, pp. 415-447
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935713
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The contribution of IFPRI research and the impact of the Food for Education Program in Bangladesh on schooling outcomes and earnings
Ryan, James G.; Meng, Xin - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400419
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin (contributor); Ryan, Jim G. (contributor) - 2007
"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429632
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Does a Food for Education Program Affect School Outcomes? The Bangladesh Case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - 2021
The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317237
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Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822037
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Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication
Gong, Cathy Honge; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822212
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How Much Do We Know about the Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Employment of Migrants?
Meng, Xin; Kong, Sherry Tao; Zhang, Dandan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363347
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Migrant Entrepreneurs and Credit Constraints under Labour Market Discrimination
Frijters, Paul; Kong, Tao; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use a unique data of representative migrants and urban local workers in 15 Chinese cities to investigate entrepreneurship and credit constraints under labour market discrimination. We divide self employed into prefer to be self-employed and prefer to have a salaried job but cannot find one;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294843
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Stunting and Selection Effects of Famine: A Case Study of the Great Chinese Famine
Ggens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Vaithianathan, Rhema - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2010
Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352204