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This dissertation includes three empirical essays on development economics and one on the economics of education. The first essay (co-authored by Stephan Klasen) is a contribution to the debate surrounding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the on-going debate about what international...
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the sphere of poverty measurement, the fourth essay is on the topic of trade and development. In recent years, the issue … of international poverty measurement gained in importance in public perception as poverty reduction was the first and … probably most prominent indicator of the MDGs and now SDGs. Since 1990, the World Bank has produced international poverty …
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of the global poor and it will hence have to play a key role in the fight against global poverty. The first essay (co …
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multidimensional measures of poverty in the same time period and as well as over time. The results also show that an additional shock … is not always important but physical and human assets are vital determinants of a household's poverty dynam... …
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