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Self-help groups, savings and social capital : evidence from a field experiment in Cambodia
Ban, Radu; Gilligan, Michael James; Rieger, Matthias - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 180 (2020), pp. 174-200
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487195
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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach ; Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009
Faik, Jürgen - 2011
's mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal …'s and overall welfare levels, at a plausible degree of economies of scale (i. e., Buhmann et al.'s · > 0.65) the poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601025
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Temporary labour migration and welfare at the new European fringe: a comparison of five Eastern European countries
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2009
This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269293
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In-work transfers in good times and bad: simulations for Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2009
In-work transfers are often seen as a good trade-off between redistribution and efficiency, as they alleviate poverty among low-wage households while increasing financial incentives to work. The present study explores the consequences of extending these transfers in Ireland, where support for...
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Foreign aid as prize: Incentives for a pro-poor policy
Sayanak, Tejashree; Lahiri, Sajal - 2008
of designing aid does increase the welfare of the poor. We also consider the situations where the donor and the recipient …, under certain conditions, increase the welfare of the poor and its own compared to the case of simultaneous moves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273420
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Globalization and the role of public transfers in redistributing income in Latin America and the Caribbean
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Lindert, Kathy; Shapiro, Joseph - 2009
This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional...
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Energy security, poverty and vulnerability in Central Asia and the wider European neighbourhood
Slay, Ben - 2009
This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighbourhood from the nation-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet Union. It argues that two decades of...
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MDG 1 in the Philippines: Setting the scores right and achieving the targets
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 2010
The official poverty data fall short of properly informing public policy and governance concerning the progress, or lack of it, in achieving the country's commitment of halving, between 1990 and 2015, the incidence of poverty and hunger. Imposing consistency in poverty estimation shows that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275081
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Rational Poverty or Poor Rationality? The Take-up of Social Assistance Benefits
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2000
recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …
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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women: Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2011
to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … way that welfare usage should be based primarily on economic needs and health concerns. However, it is possible that an …, differences in welfare usage will exist for individuals with similar characteristics but different experiences. We explore this …
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