...Fernanda Araujo Maciel Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família (BF) program on children's educational outcomes, addressing concerns about endogeneity and selection bias in prior research. Design/methodology/approach Using household survey data...

... 2020 22 12 2020 06 02 2021 21 02 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Education Endogeneity Ghana Instrumental variables Mincer regression Returns to schooling The “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith...

..., this paper circumvents endogeneity and persistence of key variables over time which may bias the estimated impact of the critical variables. Findings The result provides no significant evidence on the influence of regional income inequality on the provision of local public goods. The result reveals...

... 12 2017 09 03 2018 15 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Earnings Endogeneity Child labour Occupational choice Child labour and its related issues have become a challenge for many developing countries...

... significant support. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Crime Endogeneity Panel estimation Short vs long run Socioeconomic Investigations into the relationship between the economy and crime date back to the works of Shaw et al...