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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequalities in utilization of maternal health services in Ethiopia: evidence from the PMA Ethiopia longitudinal survey

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPrevious studies documented the existence of substantial inequalities in the utilization of maternal health services across different population subgroups in Ethiopia.
Asebe Hagos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Happiness, self-rated health, and income inequality: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes
We examine how regional inequality affects happiness and self-rated health at an individual level by using micro data from nationwide surveys in Japan.
Oshio, Takashi, Kobayashi, Miki
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Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 240:Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality: welfare foundations and alternative measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper elaborates the approach to the longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequalities first proposed in Allanson, Gerdtham and Petrie (2010).
Allanson, Paul; id_orcid
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Preferential trading in agriculture: New insights from a structural gravity analysis and machine learning

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) contain various non‐tariff provisions, yet identifying their trade effects remains challenging because these commitments are high‐dimensional and strongly correlated within agreements. We estimated a theory‐consistent structural gravity model with domestic flows for 26 agricultural subsectors over 1988–2017
Dongin Kim, Sandro Steinbach
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Income Inequality and Health: Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals: refugees. Our analysis draws on longitudinal hospitalization records coupled with a settlement policy where Swedish authorities assigned ...
Niknami, Susan   +2 more
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The effect of extreme wildfire exposure on energy poverty: Evidence from Australia's Black Saturday bushfires

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study assesses the effects of the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires (BSB), which primarily occurred in rural regions of Victoria and represent the deadliest bushfire event in Australia's history, on household energy poverty. Using a linear panel event‐study, an entropy‐balanced event‐study, and a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD ...
Yitian Wang, Russell Smyth
wiley   +1 more source

Inequality in health versus inequality in lifestyles

open access: yes, 2011
Repeated Norwegian cross-sectional data for the period 2005 to 2011 are used to compare sources of inequality in health, as represented by self-assessed health and obesity, with sources of inequality in lifestyles that are central to the production of health, as represented by physical activity, cigarette smoking and dietary behavior.
Ovrum, Arnstein, Rickertsen, Kyrre
openaire   +3 more sources

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