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The Role of Minimum Income Schemes in Poverty Alleviation in the European Union
ABSTRACT Assessing the effectiveness of Minimum Income (MI) schemes in poverty alleviation is challenging. Studies based on survey microdata are usually subject to bias because households tend to underreport benefit receipts. Studies based on microsimulation models tend to overestimate these benefits mainly due to high non‐take‐up rates. In this paper,
Vanda Almeida +2 more
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Abstract Scholars have largely blamed shipbuilding for maritime expansion for being the main driver of deforestation in early modern Portugal. This article sets out to revisit the origins and reproduction of this narrative by analysing three interconnected elements in a case study of Lisbon's shipyards.
KOLDO TRAPAGA‐MONCHET
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Apoyo público e innovación a nivel de firmas
Resumen: Este artículo pretende aportar a la literatura que analiza los efectos de las políticas públicas sobre la innovación a nivel de firmas, a partir del caso de una pequeña economía en desarrollo, Uruguay.
Andrés Jung, Diego Karsaclian
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Interspecies conflict, precarious reasoning, and the gull problem in the Gulf of Maine
Abstract Contemporary conservation science requires mediating conflicts among nonhuman species, but the grounds for favoring one species over another can be unclear. We examined the premises through which wildlife managers picked sides in an interspecies conflict: seabird conservation in the Gulf of Maine (GOM).
Liam U. Taylor +3 more
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Boletín oficial de la provincia de León: Num. 252 (10/11/1938) [PDF]
Copia digital. Valladolid : Junta de Castilla y León.
León (Provincia). Diputación Provincial
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Housing for the poor: Implementation and impact of Tu Casa program in Tijuana
This study assesses the operation and some major results of most important federal housing program focus on households in poverty situation, with particular emphasis on their instrumentation process and impacts in Tijuana’s housing problem for poor ...
Ana Elizabeth Jardón Hernández +1 more
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Argentina y los subsidios a los servicios públicos: un estudio de incidencia distributiva [PDF]
Este trabajo realiza un análisis de incidencia distributiva de los subsidios a los servicios públicos en Argentina. En particular, se trabaja con los subsidios a la energía residencial (gas de red, gas envasado y electricidad), al agua y al transporte ...
Puig, Jorge, Salinardi, Leandro
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Elections, coalitions, and the politics of Brazil's macroeconomic stabilization
Abstract After several failed attempts in previous years, Brazil's Plano Real finally ended hyperinflation in 1993–1994, and a significant driver of inequality and poverty was eliminated as a result. By combining data from Congress and newspaper archives, 17 interviews, and secondary sources, this article takes a qualitative approach to explore the ...
Daniel H. Alves
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Abstract Little is known about the effects of the receipt of child‐centred cash transfers by men. This article tests whether caregiver sex matters in determining stunting (low height for age) in child beneficiaries of Brazil's Bolsa Família and South Africa's Child Support Grant using household survey data.
Zoheb Khan, Leila Patel
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En este documento se analiza el proceso de negociación que se ha venido dando entre Colombia y Estados Unidos para firmar el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC).
Luz Marina Arboleda Montoya +1 more
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