Do Women Supply More Public Goods than Men? Preliminary Experimental Evidence from Matrilineal and Patriarchal Societies
In: American economic review, Band 98, Heft 2, S. 376-381
ISSN: 1944-7981
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In: American economic review, Band 98, Heft 2, S. 376-381
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 33, Heft 7, S. 1029-1044
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 33, Heft 7, S. 1029-1044
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: Scottish journal of political economy: the journal of the Scottish Economic Society, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 131-148
ISSN: 1467-9485
AbstractOne Pleistocene mystery is why early North Americans eradicated their large, potentially domesticable animals (e.g., horses), whereas early Europeans did not. A commonly‐held hypothesis is that European species were evasive due to co‐evolution with hominids, whereas North American animals were naïve and unable to adapt quickly enough when experienced human hunters arrived from Eurasia. We explore this hypothesis with a paleoeconomic model of co‐evolution that integrates human hunting investments and wildlife population responses. We find that investments in hunting ability, based on the relative scarcity of prey species, could have mattered more than wildlife 'naivety' in explaining the extinction.
In: Public choice, Band 11, Heft 3-4, S. 303-315
ISSN: 0048-5829
An important public policy question that remains unresolved is whether devolution will enhance sensible policy making by exploiting informational asymmetries or, instead, trigger a "beggar thy neighbor" response & stimulate free riding among localities. We analyze this question in the framework of US environmental policy making by scrutinizing a unique panel data set on state-level endangered species expenditure patterns. Our empirical estimates are consistent with the notion that states free ride, which may lead to an expenditure equilibrium that is not Pareto efficient. 2 Tables, 23 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Public choice, Band 111, Heft 3, S. 303-316
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Environmental and resource economics, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 351-366
ISSN: 1573-1502
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 72, Heft 2, S. 603-632
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: The China quarterly, Band 248, Heft 1, S. 1200-1211
ISSN: 1468-2648
Empirical evidence suggests that close to 100 million women are "missing" worldwide. We revisit the empirical evidence for China, the country with the most missing women. Nearly ten million girls born in the 1980s and 1990s who were "missing" according to earlier census data can be found again in the 2010 population census. We discuss two possible explanations for the re-emergence of these formerly missing girls: the delayed registration of girls owing to economic reasons, and the response to amendments to the Chinese Statistics Law in 2009 and policy changes in the 2010 population census. Using the most recent statistics, we document patterns of the underreporting of women over time and across regions as well as explore the basic determinants of underreporting of women. Important policy challenges remain. For the unregistered children, the lack of access to public services will increase their vulnerability and adversely affect their quality of life. (China Q/GIGA)
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 153, S. 1-10
ISSN: 0304-3878
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In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 101, Heft 4, S. 1164-1180
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In: Oxford review of economic policy, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 180-192
ISSN: 1460-2121
In: Environment and development economics, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 245-254
ISSN: 1469-4395
Paying for the provision of environmental services is a recent policy innovation attracting much attention in both developed and developing countries. This innovation, referred to as 'payments for ecosystem services' (when the emphasis is on enhancing 'nature' services) or 'payments for environmental services' (when amenities provided by the built environment are also included) is referred to here as PES. PES programs aim to harness market forces to obtain more efficient environmental outcomes. Since so many opportunities for PES programs could involve farmers in poor regions, international aid agencies and private donors, looking for a double dividend, increasingly consider using PES programs as a potential way of meeting both social and environmental objectives.
In: American economic review, Band 93, Heft 4, S. 1437-1445
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 83, Heft 3, S. 487-500
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