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Análise dos fatores que afetam o desempenho escolar nas escolas das áreas urbanas e rurais do Brasil.
Bezerra, Marcio Garcia; Kassouf, Ana Lucia - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2006
atraso escolar e o trabalho infantil. Já no meio rural, foi mais significativo para o desempenho dos alunos a rede de ensino … located in urban areas with those studying in rural localities. Using the method of least squares and microdata System … in rural areas was more significant for performance of students in public school system, family income, the region where …
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County Fiscal Policy and Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Occupational License Taxes on Business Startups
Burney, Shaheer; Allen, James E. IV; Davis, Alison F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
In this paper, we create a model of business startup decisions by utility maximizing individuals to determine the … impact of county occupational license taxes on business startups. We utilize a unique dataset generated by the Kentucky … Entrepreneurship Survey which allows us to observe personal traits of entrepreneurs, each year a startup was established, and the …
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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?
Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...
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Factors affecting the Distribution of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Loans across Household Income Groups
Carter, Rachael; Shaik, Saleem; Barefield, Alan - 2008
The purpose of the paper is to understand the soci-economic factors affecting the distribution of community reinvestment act loans across four income groups using county level information from 1996-2004 for the delta region. The specific objectives of the paper1) Estimate an seemingly unrelated...
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TRACKING THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR IN A NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
Maki, Wilbur R.; Schallau, Con H.; Akhavipour, Hossein; … - 1987
In this paper, we describe the modeling of a resource-dependent economy, namely, Southeast Alaska, in monitoring the impact of federal, state and local government taxing and spending activities on the region. An important part of the modeling effort is construction of a readily accessible...
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The Choice of Land Tenure Contracts in the Presence of Transaction Costs in Rice Farming in West Java, Indonesia.
Jamal, Erizal; Mardiharini, Maesti - 2009
This study assessed the preference for and efficiency of land tenure contract arrangements in rice farming in West Java, Indonesia. Specifically, it examined the transaction costs associated with land tenure contracts, the land tenure contract preference, the efficiency of land tenure contracts,...
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MICHIGAN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE LEGISLATION
Cook, Roberta L. - 1984
discussion of the results of "The Plant Location Survey" and other Office of Economic Development (OED) publications analyzing …
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Is Income Inequality Endogenous in Regional Growth?
Hailu, Yohannes G.; Kahsai, Mulugeta S.; Gebremedhin, … - 2009
This study focuses on testing the relationship between income inequality and growth within U.S. counties, and the channels through which such effects are observed. The study tests three hypotheses: (1) income inequality has an inverse relationship with growth; (2) regional growth adjustments are...
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EGYÜTTMŰKÖDÉS A GABONAÁGAZATBAN A DÉL-ALFÖLD RÉGIÓBAN
Stren, Bertalan - 2007
.The majority of business transactions between companies signify a formalised relationship; however the demand has also appeared …
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