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Trade-Offs between Different Early Childhood Interventions : Evidence from Ecuador

Rosero, Jose; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011

children and mothers in Ecuador. We find that home visits are beneficial for children's cognitive outcomes and health and for …

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Voluntary Participation and Intergenerational Risk Sharing in a Funded Pension System

Beetsma, Roel; Romp, Ward; Vos, Siert J. - 2011

We explore the feasibility of a funded pension system with intergenerational risk sharing when participation in the system is voluntary. Typically, the willingness of the young to participate depends on their belief about the future young's willingness to do so. We characterise equilibria with...

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Participation Constraints in Pension Systems

Beetsma, Roel; Romp, Ward - 2013

We explore voluntary participation in pension arrangements. Individuals only participate when participation is more attractive than autarky. The bene??it of participation is that risks can be shared with future generations. We apply our analysis to a pay-as-you-go system, a funded system without...

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Effects of Health on Own and Spousal Employment and Income using Acute Hospital Admissions

Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; van Kippersluis, Hans; O'Donnell, Owen - 2011

Ill-health can be expected to reduce employment and income. But are the effects sustained over time? Do they differ … across the income distribution? And are there spillover effects on the employment and income of the spouse? We use matching …, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. On …

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Every crisis has a silver lining? Unravelling the pro-cyclical pattern of health inequalities by income

Coveney, Max; Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; van Doorslaer, Eddy; … - 2018

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we decompose …

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The ABC of Housing Strategies: Are Housing Assistance Programs Effective in Enhancing Children's Well Being?

Rosero, Jose - 2012

This paper examines the effect of a housing assistance program on school enrollment, child labor and poverty reduction among poor families in Ecuador. Administrative data is merged to a household panel to link the history of a voucher application with socioeconomic information. Two empirical...

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