Macroeconomic instability makes growth less pro poor, in Africa and elsewhere: A preliminary examination [PDF]
The recent literature on the determinants of poverty changes across countries has been focused on the change of average level of income per capita and its distribution, generally measured by a Gini coefficient. While the instability of income is more and
Catherine Korachais, Patrick Guillaumont
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
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Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity. [PDF]
Health Equity, 2019 Komro KA +3 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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Effects of state-level Earned Income Tax Credit laws in the U.S. on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes. [PDF]
Soc Sci Med, 2017 Markowitz S +4 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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City Level of Income and Urbanization and Availability of Food Stores and Food Service Places in China. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Liao C +8 more
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Regime Switching and the Shape of the [PDF]
We explore the idea of regime switching as a new methodological approach in the analysis of the emission - income relationship. We formalize the idea by using a simple static model of profit maximization where above a threshold income level a more ...
Anastasios Xepapadeas +1 more
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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FINDING THE OPTIMAL LEVEL OF INCOME INEQUALITY OF THE POPULATION IN RUSSIA
Мир новой экономики, 2018 The article considers the differentiation of incomes of the population from 2000 to 2014. The research subject is the optimum level of income differentiation in Russia. Paper’s objective is to assess the level of income differentiation through statistics.
SVETLANA ANATOL’EVNA Varvus
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