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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …

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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … trade on the “sending” countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social …

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Always affecting the wrong people? : the impact of US sanctions on poverty

Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2015

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period 1978-2011. Econometrically, we employ a nearest neighbor matching approach to account for differences in the countries' economic and political environment and the likelihood of...

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Always affecting the wrong people? : the impact of US sanctions on poverty

Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2015 - This version: 6 April 2015

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period 1978 - 2011. Econometrically, we employ a nearest neighbor matching approach to account for differences in the countries' economic and political environment and the likelihood of...

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Financial responsibility : a temporal risk?

Ceballos, Hornero David - In: Fuzzy economic review : the review of the International … 18 (2013) 1, pp. 29-36

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No time to waste : restricting life-span temporal horizons decreases the sunk-cost fallacy

Strough, Jonell; Schlosnagle, Leo; Karns, Tara; … - In: Journal of behavioral decision making 27 (2014) 1, pp. 78-94

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Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index : An Application to the United States

Dhongde, Shatakshee - 2015

In this paper we estimate a multi-dimensional poverty index (US-MPI) in the United States. Measuring poverty using multiple dimensions of deprivation provides a more complete picture of poverty. The US-MPI measures simultaneous deprivations experienced in multiple dimensions of well-being:...

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