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Redistribution, inequality, and growth: new evidence

by Berg, Andrew Ostry, Jonathan D Tsangarides, Charalambos G Yakhshilikov, Yorbol Published in Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) (01.09.2018)

“...We investigate the relationship between inequality, redistribution, and growth using a recently-compiled dataset that distinguishes clearly between market...”

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Social identity and inequality: The impact of China's hukou system

by Afridi, Farzana Li, Sherry Xin Ren, Yufei Published in Journal of public economics (01.03.2015)

“...We conduct an experimental study to investigate the causal impact of social identity on individuals' performance under incentives. We focus on China's...”

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Worms at work: long-run impacts of a child health investment

by Baird, Sarah Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.11.2016)

“...This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in school-based deworming. The program...”

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Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence

by de Haan, Jakob Sturm, Jan-Egbert Published in European Journal of Political Economy (01.12.2017)

“...Using a panel fixed effects model for a sample of 121 countries covering 1975–2005, we examine how financial development, financial liberalization and banking...”

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A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010

by Barro, Robert J Lee, Jong Wha Published in Journal of development economics (01.09.2013)

“...Our panel data set on educational attainment has been updated for 146 countries from 1950 to 2010. The data are disaggregated by sex and by 5-year age...”

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Multilateral resistance to migration

by Bertoli, Simone Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús Published in Journal of development economics (01.05.2013)

“...The rate of migration observed between two countries does not depend solely on their relative attractiveness, but also on the one of alternative destinations...”

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Can migration reduce educational attainment?: Evidence from Mexico

by McKenzie, David Rapoport, Hillel Published in Journal of population economics (2011)

“...This paper examines the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates to instrument for current migration, we...”

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Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index

by Alkire, Sabina Santos, Maria Emma Published in World development (01.07.2014)

“...This paper presents the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a measure of acute poverty, understood as a person’s inability to meet minimum international...”

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Inequality and growth: evidence from panel cointegration

by Herzer, Dierk Herzer, Dierk Vollmer, Sebastian Vollmer, Sebastian Published in Journal of economic inequality (01.12.2012)

“...This paper uses heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques to estimate the long-run effect of income inequality on per-capita income for 46 countries over...”

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Inequality and growth: the neglected time dimension

by Daniel Halter Manuel Oechslin Josef Zweimüller Published in Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) (01.03.2014)

“...Inequality affects economic performance through many mechanisms, both beneficial and harmful. Moreover, some of these mechanisms tend to set in fast while...”

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Healthcare at the beginning of life and child survival: Evidence from a cash transfer experiment in Nigeria

by Okeke, Edward N Abubakar, Isa S Published in Journal of development economics (01.03.2020)

“...Households in poor countries are encouraged (and sometimes coerced) to increase investments in formal health care services during pregnancy and childbirth. Is...”

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Links between Maternal Employment and Child Nutrition in Rural Tanzania

by Debela, Bethelhem Legesse Gehrke, Esther Qaim, Matin Published in American journal of agricultural economics (2020)

“...Improving child nutrition and empowering women are two important and closely connected development goals. Fostering female employment is often seen as an...”

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Financial development and income inequality: a panel data approach

by Jauch, Sebastian Jauch, Sebastian Watzka, Sebastian Watzka, Sebastian Published in Empirical economics (01.08.2016)

“...We analyzed the link between financial development and income inequality for a broad unbalanced dataset of up to 138 developed and developing countries over...”

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Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement

by Alkire, Sabina Foster, James Published in Journal of public economics (2011)

“...This paper proposes a new methodology for multidimensional poverty measurement consisting of an identification method ρ k that extends the traditional...”

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Human Assets Index: Insights from a Retrospective Series Analysis

by Feindouno, Sosso Feindouno, Sosso Goujon, Michael Goujon, Michael
edited by Rao, D. S. Prasada Biggeri, Luigi
Published in Social indicators research (15.02.2019)

“...We build retrospective series for the Human Assets Index from the United Nations—Committee for Development Policy data. The HAI is a composite index which...”

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Ethnic Inequality

by Alesina, Alberto Michalopoulos, Stelios Papaioannou, Elias Published in The Journal of political economy (01.04.2016)

“...This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity inequality for a large sample of countries. First, combining satellite images of...”

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Notions and Expectations Related to Work and Jobs Among First-Year University Students

by Nagy, Adrian Vathy, Veronika Liskuné Published in Financial Sciences. Nauki o Finansach (01.12.2019)

“...Demands concerning the labor market in Hungary tend to change these days faster than ever. It can be seen even in the plans and expectations of students...”