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Energy intensity: A decomposition and counterfactual exercise for Latin American countries

Jiménez, Raúl; Mercado, Jorge - 2013

This paper investigates trends in energy intensity in Latin American countries over the last 40 years. It applies the Fisher Ideal Index to decompose the energy intensity into the relative contributions of energy efficiency and the activity mix, and then analyzes the determinants of these energy...

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Sources of income as a factor of interregional socio-economical differentiation of Russian population (1995 - 2007 YEARS)

Gerasimova, Irina - 2010

decomposition by five sources of income, presented GINI as a linear combination of income structure and the Coefficients of … Concentration, has been the next step of investigation. The results of decomposition indicated clear that two sources of income - (4 … subjects of RF, where the incomes from these two sources have been concentrated. The Decomposition method let us to discuss the …

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Explaining the body mass index gaps between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002-2012: A decomposition analysis of socio-economic causes

Dang, Rui - 2015

In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany for women and men. We focus on isolating the part of BMI differences that can be explained by differences in observed socioeconomic status from the part attributable to...

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Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children: Evidence from first- and second-generation siblings

Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick A.; von Haaren, Friederike - 2015

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between first- and second-generation immigrants and between source country groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show...

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Explaining the body mass index gaps between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002-2012: A decomposition analysis of socio-economic causes

Dang, Rui - 2015

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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India

Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-36, pp. 1-35

living standard dimension, decomposition of MPI across the dimensions and the indicators, and estimates of multidimensional … Chandigarh. The economic poor have a weak association with health and household environment dimensions. The decomposition of MPI …

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Decomposing the German East-West wage gap

Kluge, Jan; Weber, Michael - 2015

. We derive these results from anOaxaca-Blinder decomposition using unusually rich linked employer-employee data …

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Explaining the Body Mass Index Gaps between Turkish Immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002-2012: A Decomposition Analysis of Socio-economic Causes

Dang, Rui - 2015

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Sometimes, winners lose: Economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014

Several post-Soviet states have introduced policies to improve the relative economic, political or social position of formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies - "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan - we investigate their impact on the comparative earnings of two directly...

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A Decomposition of Multidimensional Economic Well-being: an application to Spanish regions

Perez-Mayo, Jesus; Díaz-Caro, Carlos - 2015

The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...

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