Showing 1 - 10 of 115
This paper uses data from the BRFSS over the period 2014-2019 to analyse the impact of removing surgical requirements to change legal gender. In many states transgender people are forced to undergo surgical procedures if they wish to change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286359
We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to the case of Germany, which has displayed a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252383
While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557664
In this study, we examine the impact of minimum wages in Vietnam using individual-level data from the 2012-2020 annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235348
We investigate the impact of a large-scale poverty alleviation program targeted at 62 poorest districts in Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015163365
Despite a sizable population and modest status as a low middle-income country, Vietnam has recorded a low COVID-19 … emerging literatures in public health and economics on the pandemic effects in Vietnam, with a specific focus on vulnerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433464
small areas in Vietnam. It shows evidence of a large spatial heterogeneity in the electric power consumption between … districts and provinces in Vietnam. Households in the mountains and highlands consumed remarkably less electricity than those in … and economic levels in Vietnam. In poor districts and provinces, there is very high inequality in electricity consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012627822
Using household data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) and the sector-specific growth and … Vietnam on the income and poverty status of households. Our simulations suggest that COVID-19 leads to substantial reduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012548129
pollution-linked deaths occur. We offer the first study that examines the pandemic’s impacts on improving air quality in Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268352
Vietnam is widely praised for its successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The country has had an extremely low … for Vietnam. We employ difference-in-differences econometric models to estimate the causal effects of the lockdown, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391350