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COVID-19 labour market shocks and their inequality implications for financial wellbeing
Botha, Ferdi; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; New, Sonja C. de; … - 2020
and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285911
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Survival to Adulthood and the Growth Drag of Pollution
Schaefer, Andreas - 2016
mechanism will be intensified by economic inequality because wealthier households live in cleaner areas. This is the key … inequality and pollution on children’s health may be amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides about tax …-financed abatement measures. Our theory provides a candidate explanation for (1) the observed positive correlation between inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753305
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Globalization and inequality in Latin America
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … inequality. After summarizing both design-based and quantitative work in this area, we propose directions for future work. Our …
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Foreign aid and subnational development : a grid cell analysis
Bitzer, Jürgen; Gören, Erkan - 2018 - This Version: March 2018
We examine the impact of geo-referenced World Bank development programs on subnational development using equally sized grid cells with a spatial resolution of 0.5 decimal degrees latitude x longitude as the unit of investigation. The proposed grid cell approach solves a number of endogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796164
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The long-term effects of war on foreign direct investment and economic development : evidence from Vietnam
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran Quang Tuyen; Huong Van Vu - 2022
In this study, we find that the negative effect of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the geographical density of foreign direct investment and large firms is a new channel through which the war legacy impedes local development in Vietnam. A 1% increase in the proportion of UXO-contaminated area leads...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815926
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The impact of a large-scale natural disaster on local economic activity : evidence from the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fischer, Sven - 2023
This study provides new causal evidence for the impact of a large-scale natural disaster on local economic activity in Iran using nighttime light intensity. We apply the synthetic control method (SCM) and nighttime light (NTL) data from 1992 to 2020 for 31 provinces and 429 counties to study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014295084
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Development (Paradigm) Failures
Hodler, Roland - 2011
Over time the international development community has advocated various development paradigms, but countries following these paradigms have often performed poorly. I provide an explanation for this poor performance. In my model the political leader of a developing country chooses a policy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430081
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Aid, growth and devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887528
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Development (paradigm) failures
Hodler, Roland - 2011
Over time the international development community has advocated various development paradigms, but countries following these paradigms have often performed poorly. I provide an explanation for this poor performance. In my model the political leader of a developing country chooses a policy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300443
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Aid, Growth and Devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2021
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316311