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How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Tax Policies on Financial Markets Development [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2016
In developing countries like Iran, fiscal policy instruments- especially taxes- affect the competitive power of financial markets and the performance of banking and non- banking institutions in these markets. Thus, the quality of combination of financial
Seyed Kamal Sadeghi   +3 more
doaj  

Can Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality? [PDF]

open access: yes
Do income taxes levied at a state or regional level affect the after-tax distribution of income? Or do workers merely move between regions, causing pre-tax wages to adjust?
Andrew Leigh
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Implications of Islamic Public Finance in Indonesia: Integrating Zakat and Taxes for Public Welfare

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Economics and Finance
Public finance from an Islamic perspective is based on the purpose of Muslim life and the urgency of the role of the state in Islamic society. Indonesia as a country with a majority Muslim population has a role to manage public finance fairly and ...
Anggita Nurcahyani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tax competition in federations and the welfare consequences of decentralization [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the impact of intensified tax competition within federal systems characterized by the presence of both horizontal tax externalities between the states and vertical tax externalities between states and federal government. It shows that
Christos Kotsogiannis, Michael J. Keen
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U.S. States Lead the World in High Corporate Taxes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Compares U.S. states' combined federal and state corporate tax rates with those of other industrialized nations. Argues for cutting both federal and state taxes in order to compete for foreign direct investment against developed nations with lower ...
Scott A. Hodge
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimum income taxation and layoff taxes [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes optimum income taxation in a model with endogenous job destruction that gives rise to unemployment. It is shown that optimal tax schemes comprise both payroll and layoff taxes when the state provides public unemployment insurance and ...
André Zylberberg, Pierre Cahuc
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The Fundamentals of Unemployment Compensation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
[Excerpt] The joint federal-state Unemployment Compensation (UC) program provides income support through UC benefit payments. Although there are broad requirements under federal law regarding UC benefits and financing, the specifics are set out under ...
Isaacs, Katelin P, Whittaker, Julie M
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