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Report of the Expert Group to Recommend the Detailed Methodology for Identification of Families Living Below Poverty Line in Urban Areas
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2013
The report deals with the estimation of poverty and identification of poor – differences in approach. It also … describes the characteristics and trends of urban poverty. The vulnerability of urban poor is categorized under three broad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133217
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Deininger, Klaus; Liu, Yanyan - eSocialSciences - 2013
-term poverty and welfare effects of NREGS is used. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 01289]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133219
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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People’s Donations to Fund Public Goods?
Karlan, Dean; List, John A - eSocialSciences - 2012
field experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, a charity focusing on poverty reduction solicited donations from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133242
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Basic Household Amenities in India: A Progress Report
Mishra, Udaya S.; Shukla, Vachaspati - eSocialSciences - 2013
The present paper makes an attempt to analyse the progress of India in three important ‘basic human needs’ essential for a human life. These are access to latrine facility, safe drinking water and electricity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133252
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The Buoyant Billions: How “Middle Class†Are the New Middle Classes in Developing Countries? (And Why Does It Matter?)
Sumner, Andy - eSocialSciences - 2012
a day. Although they are above the average poverty line for developing countries, many people in these new â …€œmiddle classes†may be insecure and at risk of falling into poverty. This paper outlines indicative data on trends relating to … poverty and the non poor by different expenditure groups, and critically reviews the recent literature that contentiously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133260
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Economic Survey 2012-13: A Comedy of Errors?
H, Suryanarayana M - eSocialSciences - 2013
There is lack of clarity and concepts in the Economic Survey. The Survey has not covered many topics which it was expected to cover.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133283
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Local average neighborhood effects from moving to opportunity
Aliprantis, Dionissi; Richter, Francisca G.-C. - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2012
This paper estimates Local Average Treatment Effects (LATEs) of neighborhood quality from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing mobility experiment in a generalized model with multiple treatment levels. We propose a new approach to identifying parameters that exploits the identification of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133736
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Assessing the evidence on neighborhood effects from moving to opportunity
Aliprantis, Dionissi - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2012
Trying to learn about neighborhood effects from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing mobility experiment by focusing on its program effects obfuscates the evidence on neighborhood effects from MTO. This paper shows that using Intent-to-Treat (ITT) and Treatment-on-the-Treated (TOT) program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133741
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Assessing the evidence on neighborhood effects from Moving to Opportunity
Aliprantis, Dionissi - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2012
measures other than poverty might have larger effects than MTO. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133754
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The Effect of Land Restitution on Poverty Reduction Among the Khomani San "Bushmen" in South Africa
Dikgang, Johane; Muchapondwa, Edwin - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
South Africa. It seeks to test whether there is a positive correlation between land restitution and poverty reduction among … the beneficiaries. We run instrumental variable probit models on poverty and access to nature. Our results suggest that … using restituted land by the claimants’ has no positive effect on poverty alleviation. However, a positive link with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133830