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Showing 1 to 20 of 329 for “"Public policies"”.
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Identifying causal effects of public policies
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1998.
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Essays on household incomes and public policies
… from different angles the role of tax-benefit policies for household incomes. The thesis consists of four self-contained papers. In the methodology of all papers, I combine a tax-benefit model EUROMOD with household micro-data. Chapter 1 is concerned with the impact on income inequality of the …
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Essays in the microeconometric evaluation of public policies
Chapter 1 examines the health benefits of the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), an unconditional but labelled cash transfer given to elderly people above the female state pension age with the stated intent of help to deal with heating costs. We exploit the eligibility age cut-off to estimate the causal …
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Essays on Spatial Labor Markets and Public Policies
… of three essays on spatial labor markets and public policies. I study successively the interactions of space with job search, demography and housing policy. In the first essay, I develop a framework to study theoretically and quantitatively the welfare attributes of spatial mismatch, defined …
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Public policies and the conservation of environmental, cultural, and agricultural goods
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Essays in applied microeconomics: Public policies and their impacts on health
The first essay investigates the impact of fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) on fetal health during prenatal development and its implications for infant health and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Using an instrumental variable approach exploiting the regulatory changes introduced by the Clean Air …
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Three essays in applied economics: an evaluation of Brazilian public policies
… by three essays with ex-post evaluations of public policies adopted in a major country of the developing world: Brazil. In each essay, I have tried to identify the main outcomes of the evaluated policies using quantitative econometric methods. Ultimately, the objective of these studies is to …
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An evaluation of voluntary programs as public policies for environmental protection
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Innovation, Management and Public Policies: Three Essays on Firm Productivity and Efficiency Analysis
… products of the operating environment and which policies can be used to boost productivity growth are all of primary importance. This thesis contributes to the empirical literature on firm productivity with three core papers. The first re-examines the slowdown in productivity in Italian …
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ESSAYS ON THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC POLICIES ON HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME INEQUALITY
In this dissertation, I study the impact of public policies on three related but distinct economic outcomes: employment, housing stability, and income inequality. In the second chapter, I examine the employment impact of the Paycheck Protection Program, a key element of the federal government’s …
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Assessment of sustainability implementation in public policies and strategies in portuguese public universities
… parcerias no DS, nos projetos de investigação, publicações, colaboração em projetos de desenvolvimento sustentado (DS) e financiamento para a investigação. Foi, ainda, possível conhecer as (melhores) práticas nas universidades públicas onde, apesar de existirem áreas chave onde as IES, não …
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Rationalisation of Namibia's civil service: An impact analysis of public policies, 1993 to 2003
… implementation of the Namibian rationalisation policies during the period 1993 - 2004. The main objective of this study was to analyse the rationalisation policies and to assess the extent to which they had an impact on the structure, shape, (and to a lesser degree) the effectiveness of the …
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Digital technologies and environmental change : examining the influence of social practices and public policies
… and discussion of the social practices and public policies that influence the environmental footprint of digital technologies (e.g. [83, 139, 232]). To narrow the scope of this broad line of enquiry, I focus on the social practices of retrocomputing repairers and human-computer interaction …
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The role of public policies in supporting hybrid entrepreneurship: The case of Vhembe district, Limpopo province
… Therefore, it has placed a high emphasis on public policies promoting entrepreneurial activities. Public policies sought to provide interventions that minimise the challenges faced by hybrid entrepreneurs and traditional entrepreneurs. Despite the growing interest in entrepreneurship and the …
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The erosion of public policies which support workplace justice: A review of the Davis-Bacon Act
This thesis explores the ethical foundations of public policies which support workplace justice, using the Davis-Bacon Act as the principle example. The thesis argues that Davis-Bacon is not best considered as "pro-union" legislation, nor is cost-benefit analysis the best approach to understanding …
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Three essays on the welfare and social impacts of external shocks and public policies in Mexico
In this thesis I examine the welfare and social consequences associated with one economic shock and two policy interventions in Mexico. I use non-experimental approaches that exploit increased data availability as well as in-depth knowledge of the institutional background and show how germane …
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States Of Inequality: Government Partisanship, Public Policies, And Income Disparity In The American States, 1970-2005
… of market inequality, while increases in Republican control coincide with increases in inequality. Second, I show how partisanship influences income disparity by identifying policy mechanisms that respond to changes in government partisanship and that also relate to changes in inequality: …
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Manufacturing technology centers : public policies to enhance competitive performance among small manufacturers in the United States
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
… and descriptive analyses to evaluate how two public polices improve outcomes for young adults. The first essay focuses on effects on young adults' health outcomes, while the second and third chapters focus on impacts to educational outcomes and opportunities. Together, these chapters highlight …
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