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Globalisation versus informality : evidence from developing countries
Pham, Thi Hong Hanh - 2011
by trade opening) on informality, while relevant empirical literature has been not well developed. The paper aims to fill … this knowledge gap by shedding further light on the linkages running from globalisation to informality in developing … of indicators most likely to influence the size of informality. Our finding reveals that the indicators with consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346442
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The impact of public transport expansions on informality : the case of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
Moreno, Ana Isabel; Ramos, Frederico Roman - 2015
system on local informality rates for the SPMR between 2000 and 2010. We compare the average changes in informality in areas … informality decreased on average 15 percent faster in areas receiving new public transport infrastructure compared to areas that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476197
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Could Mexico become the new "China"? : policy drivers of competitiveness and productivity
Dougherty, Sean M.; Escobar, Octavio R. - 2016
sluggish productivity improvements, particularly to determine how labour informality may have contributed. The study takes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610937
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Empowering women through education and influence: An evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program
Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282383
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Empowering women through education and influence : an evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program
Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530677
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Globalization, gender and development: The effect of parental labor supply on child schooling
Marchand, Beyza Ural; Rees, Ray; Riezman, Raymond - 2011
Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within households, which in turn affects child outcomes. We estimate how changes in parental labor supply due to these tariff reductions affect child schooling by focusing on young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274731
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The long term impacts of grants on poverty : 9-year evidence from Uganda's Youth Opportunities Program
Blattman, Christopher; Fiala, Nathan; Martinez, Sebastian - 2019
In 2008, Uganda granted hundreds of small groups $ 400 per person to help members start individual skilled trades. Four years on, an experimental evaluation found grants raised earnings by 38% (Blattman, Fiala, Martinez 2014). We return after 9 years to find these start-up grants raised earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994800
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Transferencias de ganado, seguridad alimentaria y empoderamiento de la mujer : evidencia de un programa de entrada aleatoria por fases en Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program , that targeted small - holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua . For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use ) . The analysis uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168074
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Dependence or constraints? : cash transfers, labor supply and the process of development
Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro - 2017
In this study, I use the timing and eligibility criteria of a large-scale conditional cash transfer program in Bolivian public schools to identify the efect of the program on adults’ labor supply. I find that adult females increase their labor supply due to the program, mostly through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761311
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Livestock transfers, food security and women's empowerment : evidence from a randomized phased-in program in Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program, that targeted small-holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua. For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use). The analysis uses a double...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959515