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Evaluating the Chile Solidario program : results using the Chile Solidario panel and the administrative databases
Hoces de la Guardia, Fernando; Hojman, Andrés; … - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 129-168
important anti-poverty program in Chile. The paper presents a description of the program, emphasizing the mechanism by which … workers in the family and the employment of the head of the family. -- matching ; extreme poverty ; impact evaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009959122
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The relationship between government expenditure and poverty : a cointegration analysis
Mehmood, Rashid; Sadiq, Sara - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 1 (2010) 1, pp. 29-37
government expenditure over the level of tax revenue collection, and poverty. The results reveal a negative relationship between … government expenditure and poverty based on time series data from 1976 to 2010. The short run and long run relationships between … poverty and other variables are identified by ECM model and Johnson Cointegration test respectively. The results show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010079766
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Relationship between economic freedom and pro-poor growth : evidence from Pakistan (1995-2010)
Zaman, Khalid; Khan, Muhammad Mushtaq; Ahmad, Mehboob - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 2 (2011) 1, pp. 24-35
strong relationship between economic freedom, poverty reduction and income inequality. Results reveal that larger the … business freedom and / or trade freedom, greater the economic growth. This will ultimately reduce poverty in the country …. -- economic freedom indicators ; pro-poor growth ; poverty ; inequality ; Pakistan …
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Never give up? : the persistence of welfare participation in Sweden
Andrén, Thomas; Andrén, Daniela - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Long-term social assistance dependency is a growing concern in Sweden and other European countries. In order for policy makers to design effective welfare reforms it is important to know how strong the state dependence associated with social assistance is in the population and to what extent it...
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Mental health : the new frontier for labour economics
Layard, Richard - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
This lecture argues that mental health is a major factor of production. It is the biggest single influence on life satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also affects earnings and educational success. But, most...
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An empirical investigation of parametric and semiparametric estimation methods in sample selection models
Fernández-Sainz, Ana I.; Rodríguez-Póo, Juan M. - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 10 (2010), pp. 99-120
In this paper we analyze empirically different specifications of a sample selection model. We are interested in how the estimates vary across alternative assumptions concerning the joint conditional distribution of the sample selection equation errors, such us the specification of error...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009957379
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El coste de los cuidados de larga duración en la población española : análisis comparativo entre los años 1999 y 2008
Alcañiz Zanón, Manuela; Alemany Leira, Ramón; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 12 (2011), pp. 111-131
This paper analyzes the cost of long-term care (LTC) associated to individuals in dependence situation. The economic cost of care per unit of service is linked to the expected time of needed care and the intensity of required services. We have estimated the expected lifetime cost of LTC in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009957390
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Percepción empresarial de la mejora del enlace ferroviario Vigo-Oporto y modelización de la elección modal
Sánchez Sellero, Francisco Javier; Cruz González, … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 159-175
This work analyzes the use of the train by the Galician companies when they do business transactions with northern Portuguese operators. The residual usage of this infrastructure (0.01 of all the transactions) is proved opposite the masive use of the truck; factors that explain the choice and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009958329
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Alleviating extreme poverty in Chile : the short term effects of Chile Solidario
Galasso, Emanuela - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 101-127
This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation … evaluation ; matching estimators ; extreme poverty ; Chile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009959123
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An empirical study on weak-form of market efficiency of selected Asian stock markets
Patel, Nikunj R.; Radadia, Nitesh; Dhawan, Juhi - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 2, pp. 99-148
The purpose of this research is to investigate the weak form of market efficiency of Asian four selected stock markets. We have taken a daily closing price of stock markets under the study from the 1st January 2000 to 31st March 2011 and also divided full sample in three interval periods, and...
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