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Integration of Technological and Social Components in a Smart Urban Development Model: A Case Study of China
Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022
The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement of a composite index of networking among key components of societal infrastructure and how it affects the process of urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351750
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the level of globalisation and show how globalisation has developed over time for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262026
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Measurement and analysis of child well-being in middle and high income countries
Heshmati, Almas; Bajalan, Chemen S.J.; Tausch, Arno - 2007
Starting from the recent UNICEF publications on child poverty in the developed countries, which received a wide audience in the political and scientific world, in this paper we further analyze the UNICEF study data base and present three composite indices that are multidimensional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268545
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Mother's autonomy and child welfare: A new measure and some new evidence
Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011
We construct a new, direct measure of female autonomy in household decision-making by creating an index from the principal components of a variety of household variables on which mother of a child takes decision. We then examine its impacts on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274550
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Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries
Heshmati, Almas; Bajalan, Chemen S.J.; Tausch, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Starting from the recent UNICEF publications on child poverty in the developed countries, which received a wide audience in the political and scientific world, in this paper we further analyze the UNICEF study data base and present three composite indices that are multidimensional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763521
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Mother's Autonomy and Child Welfare: A New Measure and Some New Evidence
Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We construct a new, direct measure of female autonomy in household decision-making by creating an index from the principal components of a variety of household variables on which mother of a child takes decision. We then examine its impacts on her child’s secondary education in Mexico and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804586
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the level of globalisation and show how globalisation has developed over time for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566428
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Bootstrap inference for K-nearest neighbour matching estimators
de Luna, Xavier; Johansson, Per; Sjöstedt-de Luna, Sara - 2010
Abadie and Imbens (2008, Econometrica) showed that classical bootstrap schemes fail to provide correct inference for K …-nearest neighbour (KNN) matching estimators of average causal effects. This is an interesting result showing that bootstrap should not … the matching covariate, we obtain a bootstrap scheme valid also with heterogeneous causal effects where mild assumptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278782
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Bootstrap Inference for K-Nearest Neighbour Matching Estimators
de Luna, Xavier; Johansson, Per; Sjöstedt-de Luna, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Abadie and Imbens (2008, Econometrica) showed that classical bootstrap schemes fail to provide correct inference for K …-nearest neighbour (KNN) matching estimators of average causal effects. This is an interesting result showing that bootstrap should not … respect to the matching covariate, we obtain a bootstrap scheme valid also with heterogeneous causal effects where mild …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765225
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Empowering Migrants: Impacts of a Migrant's Amnesty on Crime Reports
Ibanez, Ana Maria; Rozo, Sandra V.; Bahar, Dany - 2020
How can the regularization of approximately half a million migrant's impact crime reports in hosting areas? To identify … windows to register for the amnesty online, before and after the amnesty roll-out. We document that the regularization caused … evidence suggesting that the regularization empowered migrants to report crimes against them and also improved their mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497790