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Labor market impacts of a large-scale public works program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
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Risk, insurance and wages in general equilibrium
Mobarak, Ahmed Musfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark - 2013
and marketed a rainfall index insurance product across three states in India. Marketing agricultural insurance to both … the insurance market (which is the current regulatory practice in India and other developing countries), makes wage …
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Ein-Euro-Jobs' in Deutschland: Qualitative Fallstudien zur Auswirkung der SGB-II-Arbeitsgelegenheiten auf Beschäftigungsstruktur und Arbeitsmarktverhalten von Organisationen
Sowa, Frank; Klemm, Matthias; Freier, Carolin - 2012
Mit dem Inkrafttreten des Sozialgesetzbuch II (SGB II) im Januar 2005 veränderten sich durch die Einführung der SGB-II-Arbeitsgelegenheiten bzw. Zusatzjobs (so genannte 'Ein-Euro-Jobs') die Instrumente der öffentlich geförderten Beschäftigung. Diese in § 16 (3) (jetzt § 16d) des SGB II...
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Spillovers from conditional cash transfer programs: Bolsa Família and crime in urban Brazil
Chioda, Laura; de Mello, João M. P.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2012
This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …
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Can mistargeting destroy social capital and stimulate crime? Evidence from a cash transfer program in Indonesia
Cameron, Lisa A.; Shah, Manisha - 2012
program in Indonesia is significantly associated with increases in crime and declines in social capital within communities …
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The engine immobilizer: A non-starter for car thieves
Ours, Jan C. van; Vollaard, Ben - 2013
We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim …
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Female labour force participation and child education in India: The effect of the national rural employment guarantee scheme
Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - 2012
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …
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Research on labour market impacts of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Cardoso, Miguel; Haan, Michael; Lombardo, Federico; … - 2023
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Parental labour market instability and children's mental health during the pandemic
Cattan, Sarah; Farquharson, Christine; Krutikova, Sonya; … - 2023
Childhood is a critical period for development of mental health: episodes of mental illness during this time often recur in adulthood but early intervention can be highly effective at reducing this persistence. Understanding determinants of child mental health is therefore key for the design of...
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Auswirkungen von TTIP auf die österreichische Landwirtschaft und Nahrungsmittelproduktion: Beschäftigungs- und Struktureffekte
Miess, Michael; Raza, Werner G.; Reiner, Christian; … - 2018
Wertschöpfung in den Sektoren Landwirtschaft und Nahrungsmittelproduktion auf Grund von TTIP in Österreich sinkt. Vor diesem … Auswirkungen auf Landwirtschaft und dem Nahrungsmittelsektor auf Grund von TTIP resultieren. Die weitere Struktur des Berichts … österreichischen Landwirtschaft und Nahrungsmittelproduktion, bestehende Handelshemmnisse sowie in die bisherige Literatur zu …
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