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Demand or Supply for Schooling in Rural India?
Is the poor human capital investment by rural Indian families primarily a supply side or a demand side issue? We examine school attendance and total human capital investment time (time in school plus travel time plus in-home ... -
A Distribution-Free Test for Deprivation Dominance
The Rawlsian perspective on social policy pays particular attention to the least advantaged members of society, but how should "the least advantaged" be identified? The concept of deprivation dominance operationalizes in ... -
Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Economic Welfare in Canada 1975 - 1994
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The Effect of Economic Insecurity on Mental Health: Recent Evidence from Australian Panel Data
This paper estimates the impact of economic insecurity on the mental health of Australian adults. Taking microdata from the 2001-2011 HILDA panel survey, we develop a conceptually diverse set of insecurity measures and ... -