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Guimbeau, Amanda; Ji, James; Menon, Nidhiya; van der … - 2020

This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines on various measures of women's agency and health in...

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Evaluating the Impacts of Minigrid Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ayhan, Sinem H.; Falchetta, Giacomo; Steckel, Jan C. - 2022

A large share of the population of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lacks access to modern energy services. To bridge the electricity access gap, distributed power generation systems such as minigrids and stand-alone photovoltaic systems emerge as attractive options in the power supply solution space....

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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...

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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Who becomes an entrepreneur? Labor market prospects and occupational choice

Poschke, Markus - 2008

Why do some people become entrepreneurs (and others don't)? Why are firms so heterogeneous, and many firms so small? To start, the paper briefly documents evidence from the empirical literature that the relationship between entrepreneurship and education is U-shaped, that many entrepreneurs...

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Productivity, welfare and reallocation: theory and firm-level evidence

Basu, Susanto; Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; … - 2009

We prove that the change in welfare of a representative consumer is summarized by the current and expected future values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility while taking prices parametrically. This result justifies...

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Hyperbolic discounting and the Phillips curve

Graham, Liam; Snower, Dennis J. - 2008

Using a standard dynamic general equilibrium model, we show that the interaction of staggered nominal contracts with hyperbolic discounting leads to inflation having significant long-run effects on real variables.

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Envy, guilt, and the Phillips curve

Ahrens, Steffen; Snower, Dennis J. - 2012

We incorporate inequity aversion into an otherwise standard New Keynesian dynamic equilibrium model with Calvo wage contracts and positive inflation. Workers with relatively low incomes experience envy, whereas those with relatively high incomes experience guilt. The former seek to raise their...

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Altruism, cooperation, and efficiency: Agricultural production in polygynous households

Akresh, Richard; Chen, Joyce J.; Moore, Charity - 2011

Altruism among family members can, in some cases, inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility that players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural productivity in polygynous households in West Africa. We find that cooperation is greater -...

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Trade and migration with renewable natural resources: Out-of-steady-state dynamics

López, Ramón; Schiff, Maurice - 2010

by solving for both the steady state and the transition dynamics. We show that i) a resource-rich, capital-poor economy … higher steady-state capital-labor ratio and manufacturing output, and unchanged NR and commodity output; iv) import and … export taxes result in a larger steady-state NR and commodity output and a smaller capital stock and manufacturing output …

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