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Aging and the interaction between education, retirement and the working life

Omtzigt, Dirk-jan - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2006

age) or increasing productivity (investment in education). This paper brings together these two responses in a unified … framework and shows how the individual`s education and retirement decisions are affected by population aging - caused either by …

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Political Connections and Social Networks in Targeted Transfer Programmes: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Dercon, Stefan; Caeyers, Bet - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

In many developing countries, the beneficiaries of transfer programmes are determined by community-based processes, based on some general targeting rules related to needs. This opens the door for local social and political processes to impact on who gets access. Despite increasingly large...

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Gender patterns in household health expenditure allocation: A study of South Africa

Irving, Margaret - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

This paper explores the extent and nature of gender differences, by age, in household health expenditure allocation. Using South African data, we adopt a hurdle methodology, constructing a sequence of decision stages (reporting sickness, consulting medical practitioner, incurring positive...

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Conspicuous Consumption and Peer Effects among the Poor: Evidence From a Field Experiment

Roth, Christopher P. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

I use a randomised conditional cash transfer program from Indonesia to provide evidence on peer effects in consumption of poor households. I combine this with consumption visibility data from Indonesia to examine whether peer effects in consumption differ by a good's visibility. In line with...

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Seeking solutions to Vulnerability in Old Age: Preferences, constraints, and alternatives for coverage under Peru`s pension system

Barr, Abigail; Packard, Truman G. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005

Exploiting new data from a survey and behavioral experiment conducted in Peru we analyze indvidual`s preferences for securing income in old age. We identify a group that is unrationed by the mandate to save in Peru`s pension system, and draw insights from their affiliation and contribution...

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The Standard of Living in Latin America During the Twentieth Century

Bergés, Ame; Fitzgerald, Valpy - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004

Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliable estimates of living standards as measured by per capita income, life expectancy, and literacy. New comparable series for Latin America suggest that these three indicators made the greatest strides...

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Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children

Dercon, Stefan; Beegle, Kathleen - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes, in a …, allowing us to assess permanent health and education impacts of orphanhood. In the analysis, we can control for a wide range of …

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Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China

Knight, John; Shi, Li; Quheng, Deng - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

This is an attempt to view the relationships involving education and income as forming a system, and one that can … education varies greatly. There are three main strands to the paper. One examines the determinants of enrolment, and finds … that poverty has an adverse effect on both the quality and quantity of education - so contributing to a poverty trap. The …

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A Multidimensional Analysis of Adaptation in a Developing Country Context

Barr, Abigail; Clark, David - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

aspired to education. However, with respect to health, we find that people aspire to more rather than less health when …

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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools

Barr, Aibgail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context. In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers' allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...

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