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Human Capital Accumulation in Developing Countries: Mechanisms, Constraints and Policies (HKADeC)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2016, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2021,
We propose to study the process of human capital accumulation during the early years of life in developing countries. The research is motivated by the importance of early years to human development, both because of the long run consequences of events during that period and because of high malleability across key developmental domains during that period, making it particularly salient for policy in ...
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Empirical evidence on the formation of habits, self-control and non-separabilities in food choices (FOODHABITS)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2016, Date de fin: 31 août 2021,
The proposed research aims to improve our understanding of individual choices over which foods to purchase. The research aims to make fundamental contributions to models of choice and preference formation, and the outputs will inform the development of policy interventions that seek to improve nutritional outcomes. Our particular interest will be to better understand: (i) the importance of the foo ...
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Research on Microeconometrics: Identification, Inference, and Applications (ROMIA)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2016, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2020,
This research project is motivated from three observations regarding recent trends in empirical economics using micro-level data. First, researchers are increasingly aware of the trade-off between credibility and the strength of the assumptions maintained, eloquently termed as the law of decreasing credibility by Charles F. Manski. This trend has led to recent intensive research in partial identif ...
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The Welfare State in a Complex World Taxes and Benefits in a Diverse Society (WSCWTBDS)
Date du début: 1 avr. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mars 2017,
Empirical studies of labour supply at the microeconomic level describe a diverse society with heterogeneous agents and stress the importance of the participation decision, to work or not to work. The aim of this project is to improve our knowledge of the properties of the optimal tax and benefit systems in the extensive model in the presence of heterogeneity.The proposal has a theoretical part and ...
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Microeconomic Analysis of Prices, Food and Nutrition (MAPFAN)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2010, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2016,
Diet-related chronic diseases are a major public health concern. Addressing this concern is a key government policy objectives. Poor diet is one important cause, and a number of policies are aimed at improving diet. The impact of these policies on diet, and thus on health outcomes, will depend crucially on how consumers adapt their food purchasing behaviour in response to the policy, and on how f ...
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Research on Microeconometrics: Econometric Theory and Applications (ROMETA)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2009, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,
Recent years have witnessed a surge of international research in using micro-level data to answer empirical economic questions. This surge was possible because of the sharp increase in high-quality micro-level data across world, in particular in the US and Europe. The high-quality micro-level data are essential ingredients to understand economic behaviour and the impact of economic and social poli ...
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Exiting long run poverty: the determinants of asset accumulation in developing countries (IHKDC)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,
We propose to study the determinants of the accumulation of productive assets among poor households in developing countries with a special, but not exclusive focus, on human capital. We plan to study how preferences, beliefs, information, expectations and available resources affect investment decisions, how these investment decisions are transformed in assets and how these assets can affect the ma ...
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Food Consumption and Obesity: Public Policy Measures (FOODOB)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 31 août 2011,
"Diet-related chronic diseases are a major public health concern in most developed countries. Numerous policies aimed at stemming the rise in obesity, ranging from informational campaigns on diet and nutrition, to policies that aim to change the relative prices of certain foods using the tax system, as well as regulation on how food is produced, packaged and retailed. We aim at providing a deeper ...
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