We analyse all the major sources of direct and indirect R&D subsidies in Norway in the period 2002-2013 and compare their effects on individual firms’ performance. Firms that received support are matched with a control group of firms that did not receive support using a combination of...

This paper aims to measure the impact of broadband speed access and upgrades on the household income based on a survey comprising 20,000 respondents in eight OECD and three BRIC countries in 2010 (Brazil, India and China). The study is novel, as most previous studies on broadband emphasize the...

Propensity score matching is a widely-used method to measure the effect of a treatment in social as well as health sciences. An important issue in propensity score matching is how to select conditioning variables in estimation of the propensity score. It is commonly mentioned that only variables...

Poverty is a serious problem in Nigeria with estimated 70.2 percent of Nigerians on less than 1$ daily. Poverty in Nigeria resembles a paradox, with her wealth; she still faces an enormous challenge in her effort to reduce poverty. The government has vigorously pursued poverty reduction policies...