Tara Vishwanath
Biographic Data
| ID | 5868902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Vishwanath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara |
| FAMILY NAME | Vishwanath |
| SIGNATURE | VISHWANATH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Data triangulation strategies to design a representative household survey of hosts and Rohingya displaced in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Obtaining representative information on hosts and displaced populations in a single survey is not straightforward. This article demonstrates the value of combining traditional and nontraditional sampling frames, geospatial information, and listing exercises to design a representative survey of hosts and Rohingya displaced populations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The article applies innovative segmentation techniques using geospatial data to delimi…
Estimating a Poverty Trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 2019
Issues of data availability and \n incomparability in the measurement of household consumption \n arise frequently when measuring poverty trends over time. \n Yet, understanding these trends is key to guide national and \n international policy makers in their poverty reduction \n efforts. This paper aims to estimate a long-run poverty \n trend for Nigeria, a country whose poverty trends are \n crucial for regional and global estimates. In 2020, t…
The Lives and Livelihoods of Syrian Refugees in the Middle East: Evidence from the 2015–16 Surveys of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, Iraq
The Syrian crisis has led to rapid and \n large-scale population displacement. This paper has two main \n aims. (i) It documents the size and timing of the Syrian \n refugee influx into Jordan, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, \n characterizing the forced nature of displacement and \n exploring factors that influenced the decision to flee and \n subsequently move within the host country. (ii) The paper \n describes the daily living conditions of refugees …
The evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in Yemen
The Impact of Soft Skills Training on Female Youth Employment: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Jordan
Do Wage Subsidies Provide a Stepping-Stone to Employment for Recent College Graduates? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Jordan
This study examines the impact of a randomized experiment in Jordan in which female community college graduates were assigned to receive a wage subsidy voucher. The wage voucher led to a 38 percentage point increase in employment in the short run, but the average effect is much smaller and no longer statistically significant after the voucher period has expired. The extra job experience gained as a result of the wage subsidy does not provide a st…
Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tested the role of search and matching frictions by providing firms and job candidates with an intensive screening and matching service based on educational backgrounds and psychometric assessments. Although more than …
Poverty in Mena: Advances and Challenges
On February 29, 2012, the World Bank released an updated dataset of internationally comparable poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day per capita (measured using 2005 purchasing power parity exchange rates). The new global estimates indicate a significant reduction in the proportion of world population below the $1.25 per day per capita poverty line, from 43.1 percent to 22.4…
Identifying Pockets of Poverty: Insights from Poverty Mapping Experiments in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal
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Information flow, job search, and migration
Balanced Matching and Labor Market Equilibrium
The authors analyze equilibrium in a labor market wherein it takes time for the workers to contact forms. Workers, assumed identical, repeatedly sell their labor services all through their work lives, choosing their search intensity endogenously. Identical firms attempt to maximize their steady-state profit flow. The authors focus on the importance and consequences of balanced matching, in which workers are more likely to contact a larger firm. A…
Balanced Matching and Labor Market Equilibrium
The authors analyze equilibrium in a labor market wherein it takes time for the workers to contact forms. Workers, assumed identical, repeatedly sell their labor services all through their work lives, choosing their search intensity endogenously. Identical firms attempt to maximize their steady-state profit flow. The authors focus on the importance and consequences of balanced matching, in which workers are more likely to contact a larger firm. A…
The evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in Yemen
Information flow, job search, and migration
Balanced Matching and Labor Market Equilibrium
The authors analyze equilibrium in a labor market wherein it takes time for the workers to contact forms. Workers, assumed identical, repeatedly sell their labor services all through their work lives, choosing their search intensity endogenously. Identical firms attempt to maximize their steady-state profit flow. The authors focus on the importance and consequences of balanced matching, in which workers are more likely to contact a larger firm. A…
Information flow, job search, and migration
Identifying Pockets of Poverty: Insights from Poverty Mapping Experiments in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Poverty in Mena: Advances and Challenges
On February 29, 2012, the World Bank released an updated dataset of internationally comparable poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day per capita (measured using 2005 purchasing power parity exchange rates). The new global estimates indicate a significant reduction in the proportion of world population below the $1.25 per day per capita poverty line, from 43.1 percent to 22.4…
Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tested the role of search and matching frictions by providing firms and job candidates with an intensive screening and matching service based on educational backgrounds and psychometric assessments. Although more than …
The Impact of Soft Skills Training on Female Youth Employment: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Jordan
Do Wage Subsidies Provide a Stepping-Stone to Employment for Recent College Graduates? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Jordan
This study examines the impact of a randomized experiment in Jordan in which female community college graduates were assigned to receive a wage subsidy voucher. The wage voucher led to a 38 percentage point increase in employment in the short run, but the average effect is much smaller and no longer statistically significant after the voucher period has expired. The extra job experience gained as a result of the wage subsidy does not provide a st…
The Lives and Livelihoods of Syrian Refugees in the Middle East: Evidence from the 2015–16 Surveys of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, Iraq
The Syrian crisis has led to rapid and \n large-scale population displacement. This paper has two main \n aims. (i) It documents the size and timing of the Syrian \n refugee influx into Jordan, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, \n characterizing the forced nature of displacement and \n exploring factors that influenced the decision to flee and \n subsequently move within the host country. (ii) The paper \n describes the daily living conditions of refugees …
The evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in Yemen
Estimating a Poverty Trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 2019
Issues of data availability and \n incomparability in the measurement of household consumption \n arise frequently when measuring poverty trends over time. \n Yet, understanding these trends is key to guide national and \n international policy makers in their poverty reduction \n efforts. This paper aims to estimate a long-run poverty \n trend for Nigeria, a country whose poverty trends are \n crucial for regional and global estimates. In 2020, t…
Data triangulation strategies to design a representative household survey of hosts and Rohingya displaced in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Obtaining representative information on hosts and displaced populations in a single survey is not straightforward. This article demonstrates the value of combining traditional and nontraditional sampling frames, geospatial information, and listing exercises to design a representative survey of hosts and Rohingya displaced populations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The article applies innovative segmentation techniques using geospatial data to delimi…
Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works) · Wage (3 works)