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Gender Bias in Intrahousehold Allocation : Evidence from an Unintentional Experiment

Braido, Luis H.B.; Olinto, Pedro; Perrone, Helena - 2012

We use data from a Brazilian social program to investigate the existence of gender bias in intrahousehold allocations of resources. The program makes cash transfers to mothers and pregnant women in poor households. Bureaucratic mistakes, beyond the control of the applicants, have inadvertently...

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Can the Market Multiply and Divide? Non-Proportional Thinking in Financial Markets

Shue, Kelly - 2019

Nominal stock prices are arbitrary. Therefore, when evaluating how a piece of news should affect the price of a stock, rational investors should think in percentage rather than dollar terms. However, dollar price changes are ubiquitously reported and discussed. This may both cause and reflect a...

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Job Displacement Insurance and (the Lack of) Consumption-Smoothing

Gerard, Francois - 2019

matched employee-employer data from Brazil, we find that displaced workers eligible for both UI and SP increase consumption at …

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Can the Market Multiply and Divide? Non-Proportional Thinking in Financial Markets

Shue, Kelly - 2019

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Job Displacement Insurance and (the Lack of) Consumption-Smoothing

Gerard, François - 2019

matched employee-employer data from Brazil, we find that displaced workers eligible for both UI and SP increase consumption at …

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Beyond the Income Effect : Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Private Investments in Human Capital

Cruz, Marcio - 2017

In the past decade, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an important component of social policy in developing countries. While the impacts of these programs have been well researched with respect to their effectiveness to achieve intended outcomes, less is known about their...

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Estruturas De Produção, Consumo, E Distribuição De Renda Na Economia Brasileira : 1975 E 1980 Comparados (Production, Consumption and Income Distribution Structures in Brazilian Ec...

Guilhoto, Joaquim - 2014

Portuguese Abstract: Neste artigo é feita uma análise das estruturas de produção, consumo e distribuição de renda no Brasil em 1975 e 1980, através das matrizes ajustadas de insumo-produto para estes anos. Os resultados indicam que: a) o polo dinâmico da economia se encontra nos...

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Unsticking the Flypaper Effect Using Distortionary Taxation

Vegh, Carlos A. - 2016

The flypaper effect is a widely-documented puzzle whereby the propensity of sub-national governmental units to spend out of unconditional transfers is higher than the propensity to spend out of private income. Building on previous insights in the literature that rationalize this puzzle using...

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Brazil : Measuring Poverty Using Household Consumption

World Bank - 2012

This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil …-depth assessment of the measurement of poverty and inequality in Brazil. The survey not only presented an opportunity for in …-depth analysis, but also for collaboration between the World Bank and partners in Brazil. Emphasis thus was placed also on process as …

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Cultura e consumo no Brasil : avançando em novos articulações

Pinto, Marcelo de Rezende (ed.); … - 2021

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