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Socio-economic exclusion as a hindrance of economic development : a comparative study for European countries

Lechman, Ewa - 2013

development of countries. The aim of the analysis is to identify the magnitude of socio-economic deprivation (human poverty) and … societies in European countries. Social and economic exclusion – alternatively called as deprivation – are widely recognized as … symptoms of human poverty. This implies obstacles in gaining full and free access to education, professional health care …

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Analysing the effects of tax-benefit reforms on income distribution : a decomposition approach

Bargain, Olivier (contributor); Callan, Tim (contributor) - 2007

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the …. -- tax-benefit policy ; inequality ; poverty ; decomposition ; microsimulation …

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The first 2,000 days and child skills : evidence from a randomized experiment of home visiting

Doyle, Orla - 2017

Using a randomized experiment, this study investigates the impact of sustained investment in parenting, from pregnancy until age five, in the context of extensive welfare provision. Providing the Preparing for Life program, incorporating home visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to...

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Does immigration help alleviate economy-wide labour shortages?

Fortin, Pierre - 2024

I study the impact of Canada's expansive immigration policy launched in 2016 on labour shortages in six regions of the country, particularly in Quebec, which enjoys some autonomy of management in this area. I look at movements of the Beveridge curve, which draws the classical inverse relation...

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Do girls really outperform boys in educational outcomes?

Saygın, Perihan Özge - 2014

The reversing achievement gap across genders observed in many countries has led to a heated debate on the persistent gap in academia and other top fields. Using Turkish administrative data and the particular institutional characteristics, this pa- per aims to analyze the gender gap in...

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Parental education and child's education : a natural experiment

Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Born to be wild? : The effect of birth order, families and schools on truancy

Denny, Kevin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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War, marriage markets and the sex ratio at birth

Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2011

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Does grief transfer across generations? : in-utero deaths and child outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014

-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the …

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The intergenerational effects of economic sanctions

Moeeni, Safoura - 2021

While economic sanctions are successful in achieving political goals, can hurt the civilian population. These negative effects could be even more detrimental and long-lasting for future generations. I estimate the effects of economic sanctions on children's education by exploiting the United...

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