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Between a rock and a hard place: poverty and COVID-19 in developing countries
Bargain, Olivier; Aminjonov, Ulugbek - 2020
population are forced to continue income-generating activities to escape extreme poverty or hunger. To assess the trade …-off between poverty and a higher risk of catching COVID-19, we use regional mobility to work and poverty rates across 241 regions … announcements, we measure the differential time variation in work mobility between high and low-poverty regions. We find that the …
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Impact of microcredit on second generation borrowers in Bangladesh : revisited
Ara, Laila Arjuman; Rahman, Mohammad Masudur; Kim, Chanwahn - In: South Asia economic journal : journal of the Institute … 21 (2020) 1, pp. 142-157
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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring these insights into the debates about comparative support for government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We fill in this gap by analyzing rich survey data from six countries...
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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring these insights into the debates about comparative support for government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We fill in this gap by analyzing rich survey data from six countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305923
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Cash transfer programs and household labor supply
Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela; Sorrenti, … - 2020
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Distant and unequal : lockdown and inequalities in Italy
Brunori, Paolo; Maitino, Maria Luisa; Ravagli, Letizia; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012298305
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Fiscal policy, inequality and poverty in Iran : assessing the impact and effectiveness of taxes and transfers the poor in the developing world
Enami, Ali; Lustig, Nora; Taqdiri, Alireza - 2016
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Impact of macroeconomic policies on poverty and unemployment rates in Nigeria : implications for attaining inclusive growth
Nwosa, Philip Ifeakachukwu - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius / Oeconomica 12 (2016) 2, pp. 114-126
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Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program : boon or bane?
Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Paqueo, Vicente B. - 2016
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has been much maligned and dismissed as a "dole-out" program. Critics have focused on the fact that it provides cash grants directly to poor families, believing it would promote the culture of mendicancy and dependence. Others believe that the grants would...
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Assessing the impact of a minimum income scheme in the Basque country
Rica, Sara de la; Gorjón, Lucía - 2017
In this paper we assess the impact of a Minimum Income Scheme (MIS) which has been operating in the Basque Country, one of Spain's 17 regions, for more than twenty years. In particular, we test whether the policy delays entry into employment for recipients. In addition, we test the efficacy of...
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