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It is almost a truism to argue that data holds a great promise of transformative resources for social good, by helping … predicting teen suicides. Yet it is not public authorities who hold this real-time data, but private entities, such as mobile …-proclaimed ‘data philanthropy’ initiatives and other corporate data-sharing collaborations, data-rich companies have historically shown …
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We compare the duration and performance of different monetary regimes, especially the contrast between countries those that fix exchange rates and those that target inflation. Inflation targeting is a more durable policy; no country has yet been forced to abandon an inflation target, while many...
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We compare the duration and performance of different monetary regimes, especially the contrast between countries those that fix exchange rates and those that target inflation. Inflation targeting is a more durable policy; no country has yet been forced to abandon an inflation target, while many...
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ability data are lacking and that schooling is measured with error. The estimate obtained by regressing earnings on schooling …
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achieving these aims has been the subject of numerous impact evaluations. However, the optimal design of such programmes is … have developed a new data set entitled Non-Contributory Social Transfer Programmes (NSTP) in Developing Countries. One … advantage of this data set is that it traces 186 non-contributory programmes from 101 countries back in time and presents them …
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methodological debates, advances in technology and increased data availability via a structure emphasising the practical nature of …
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Abstract: This paper conjectures that economics has changed profoundly since the 1970s and that these changes involve a new understanding of the relationship between theoretical and applied work. Drawing on an analysis of John Bates Clark medal winners, it is suggested that the discipline became...
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