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Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer +2 more
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Marx's Concept of Justice: Disambiguating Capitalist and Communist Justice
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Gregory Slack
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High Temperatures and Rural Household Expenditure: Evidence From Longitudinal Data in Colombia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of rising temperature on rural household expenditure in Colombia by combining high‐resolution gridded weather data with a rich longitudinal household survey. Our results show that a one‐standard‐deviation increase in average daily temperature during the rainy months significantly reduces rural household ...
Cristhian D. Prieto +2 more
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Gentrification and Marginalization
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Daniel Guillery, Tyler Zimmer
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Financial Inclusion, Climate‐Related Shocks and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, we examine the impact of climate‐related shocks on the food insecurity status of households in rural Ethiopia and whether access to financial services can mitigate the adverse consequences of these shocks. We use panel data from the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey for the analysis.
Muna Shifa, Lwanga Elizabeth Nanziri
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Kinship and reproduction: A perspective of the Akha in Laos
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on fieldwork among the Akha people in Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, this paper examines Akha patrilineal kinship and its links to reproduction. The Akha people's reproductive decisions and behaviours are shaped by patrilineality, ancestral connections and cultural–spiritual perceptions of reproduction, which ...
Vanly Lorkuangming
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Since 2008, temporary labour migration schemes have brought growing numbers of Pacific Islanders to work on Australian farms. The space between these workers and the farmers for whom they labour is organised through a complex ecology of brokerage relations, entailing diverse actors, processes and institutions.
Victoria Stead
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