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Feeding the future in Ghana: Gender inequality, poverty, and food insecurity
World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 638-671, December 2023., 2023 Abstract As women's empowerment is critical for the adoption of agricultural technologies by farmers, some governments have over the last three decades adopted a gender equality approach to food security. In Ghana, women play a vital role as farmers and food processors, which means they impact household nutrition in important ways.
Irene S. Egyir +3 more
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Policy &Internet, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 162-177, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Policy debates about the digital divide often focus on the availability and quality of Internet access, despite the fact that device inequities are persistent and widespread. To address this important but often overlooked policy concern, we present findings from a systematic literature review of policy research that informs the supply of low ...
Amy L. Gonzales +2 more
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Modelling old‐age retirement: An adaptive multi‐outcome LAD‐lasso regression approach
International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 3-29, January/March 2022., 2022 Abstract Using unique administrative register data, we investigate old‐age retirement under the statutory pension scheme in Finland. The analysis is based on multi‐outcome modelling of pensions and working lives together with a range of explanatory variables.
Tero Lähderanta +3 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La obesidad infantil es un problema grave en Latinoamérica y entre la población latina de EE. UU. Para ser eficaces, las políticas de salud pública tienen que estar guiadas por evidencias contextuales pertinentes, lo cual exige una capacidad de investigación sostenida a través del tiempo.
Deborah Salvo +13 more
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Inequality, living standards, and growth: two centuries of economic development in Mexico†
The Economic History Review, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 584-610, August 2021., 2021 Abstract Historical wage and income data provide both normative measures of living standards, and indicators of patterns of economic development. This study shows that, given limited historical data, median incomes are most appropriate for measuring welfare and inequality, while urban unskilled wages can be used to test dualist models of development ...
Ingrid Bleynat +2 more
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Redistributive effects of fiscal policies in Mexico: Corrections for top income measurement problems
Latin American Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 148-180, May 2021., 2021 Abstract This article assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal instruments in Mexico in 2010–2014, correcting for top‐income measurement problems. Two correction methods are applied—survey‐sample reweighting for households' nonresponse probability and replacing of top incomes using smooth Pareto distributions—to reestimate the effects of pensions,
Vladimir Hlasny
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Papers in Regional Science, Volume 99, Issue 1, Page 73-95, February 2020., 2020 Abstract Knowledge of the determinants of self‐employment income is critical to entrepreneurial development strategies if the development goal is to increase incomes not just employment. Using American Community Survey data, unconditional quantile regression is used to investigate differences in the relationship between entrepreneurial income and an ...
David B. Willis +3 more
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Potholes, 311 reports, and a theory of heterogeneous resident demand for city services
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 647-669, August 2024.Abstract Understanding the needs of residents is vital in public administration and management, as this helps officials when making choices on policies and service distribution. Increasingly, cities rely on 311 systems to elicit information from residents on emergent needs in particular policy areas (e.g., road quality, pest control).
Scott J. Cook +2 more
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Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 126-145, June 2024.Abstract Although not designed as a social program to redistribute income, the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) has been reducing poverty by providing equal annual payments to nearly all state residents for over 40 years. We examine direct effects of the PFD on Alaska poverty rates since 1990, using US Census and American Community Survey Public ...
Matthew Berman
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Selection of planning unit size in dynamic management strategies to reduce human–wildlife conflict
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2024.Abstract Conservation planning traditionally relies upon static reserves; however, there is increasing emphasis on dynamic management (DM) strategies that are flexible in space and time. Due to its novelty, DM lacks best practices to guide design and implementation.
Heather Welch +5 more
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