This report analyzes the distributional
impacts of the main taxes and transfers on
households’ welfare in the West Bank and Gaza.
The analysis uses the Commitment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10687Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Amjad,Beenish ;
Carrasco Nunez,Haydeeliz ;
Finn,Arden Jeremy ;
Goldman,Maya Scott
This paper quantifies the impact of
drought on household consumption for five main
agroecological zones in Africa, developing vulnerability (or
damage) functions of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10683Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Gascoigne,Jon ;
Baquie,Sandra ;
Vinha,Katja Pauliina ;
Skoufias,Emmanuel ;
Calcutt,Evie Isabel Neall ;
Kshirsagar,Varun Sridhar ;
Meenan,Conor ;
Hill,Ruth
Better managed firms perform better.
Existing evidence has shown that family-managed firms have
poorer management practices. Several reasons have been
proposed. Limiting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10684Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Islam,Asif Mohammed ;
Gatti,Roberta V.
What is the impact of climate change on
labor? Reviewing the evidence, this paper finds five areas
of potential impact. Climate change may have an immediate
effect on...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10682Date: January 24, 2024Author:
Feriga,Moustafa Amgad Moustafa Ahmed Moustafa ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Serneels,Pieter Maria
Surveys frequently rely on annual recall
to capture individuals’ labor activities over the
preceding year. This paper uses a panel of rural households
in Malawi...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10680Date: January 23, 2024Author:
Ambler,Kate ;
Herskowitz,Sylvan Rene ;
Maredia,Mywish Karimbhai
How to influence social norms that drive
behavior in relation to women’s participation in
employment is not well understood. Providing randomly
selected participants...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10681Date: January 23, 2024Author:
Cameron,Lisa ;
Contreras Suarez,Diana Stella ;
Setyonaluri,Diahhadi
When host countries allow refugees to
earn income, two main groups benefit: refugees, who become
financially autonomous, and international institutions that
can reduce...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10679Date: January 22, 2024Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Reese,Benjamin Christopher
This paper examines the distributional
effects of fiscal policy in Grenada. Using data from the
2017–18 Living Conditions and Household Budgets
Survey and following...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10678Date: January 22, 2024Author:
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Gómez Aliaga,Guillermo ;
Britton,Chevanne Regina Lygia ;
Rios Avila,Fernando ;
Jimenez Pozo,Wilson Leonardo ;
Granados Ibarra,Silvia Juliana ;
Li,Ran
Affirmative action is a promising
solution to the crucial challenge of bridging the gap in
women's access to higher education in low- and
middle-income countries (LMICs)....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10674Date: January 18, 2024Author:
Najam,Rafiuddin
The most common sampling approach for
cross-sectional household surveys in the developing world is
a stratified two-stage design, where the first stage is
usually a...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10675Date: January 18, 2024Author:
Himelein,Kristen ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Wild,Michael
A substantial literature studied the
capacity of safety nets to expand automatically during labor
market shocks; however, less is known about the dynamics of
social...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10676Date: January 18, 2024Author:
Fietz,Katharina Maria ;
Morgandi,Matteo ;
Lyrio De Oliveira,Gabriel ;
Ferreira Cruz E Superti,Luiz Henrique
Most countries’ value-added
tax (VAT) systems apply reduced VAT rates to a selection of
expenditure items in order to achieve distributional goals,
and (to a...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10677Date: January 18, 2024Author:
Thomas,Alastair Geoffrey Arthur
Data-driven research on a country is key
to producing evidence-based public policies. Yet little is
known about where data-driven research is lacking and how it
could...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10673Date: January 17, 2024Author:
Stacy,Brian William ;
Kitzmüller,Lucas ;
Wang,Xiaoyu ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Serajuddin,Umar
Various challenges are thought to render
female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the
Arab region. Yet, previous studies have had mixed results
and the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10672Date: January 16, 2024Author:
AlAzzawi,Shireen ;
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Hlasny,Vladimir ;
Abanokova,Ksenia ;
Behrman,Jere R.
Refugees face important barriers to
participation in the formal market, which locks them in
informal employment and makes them more vulnerable to
shocks. Using data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10670Date: January 16, 2024Author:
Wahby,Sarah Mohammad Osman ;
Assaad,Ragui A
When it comes to mental health, do
social protection programs matter more in times of crisis?
Using panel data from the Philippines around the onset of
the COVID-19...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10669Date: January 16, 2024Author:
Cho,Yoonyoung ;
Molina,Teresa Sacro
Healthy diets have been characterized as
responding to four universal principles—nutrient
adequacy, dietary diversity, macronutrient balance, and
moderation....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10671Date: January 16, 2024Author:
Horton,Susan E. ;
Fracassi,Patrizia ;
Siekmans,Kendra ;
Kato,Tomoko ;
Hanley-Cook,Giles
Disasters are frequent and clearly
harmful in developing countries, but precisely estimating
their overall cost and distributional impact is challenging.
This paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10668Date: January 12, 2024Author:
Floreani,Vincent Arthur ;
Rama,Martin G.
Despite the efforts made to increase
women’s inclusion in the economy, they are still
underrepresented in trade in general and in global value
chains in particular....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10667Date: January 12, 2024Author:
Kalliny,Marize ;
Zaki,Chahir
This paper analyzes the effects of
carbon taxation and border carbon adjustments in a setting
where firms can choose to respond to taxation by abating or
by outsourcing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10665Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Artuc,Erhan ;
Sommer,Konstantin Heinrich Ludwig
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