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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363492
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363555
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The Specific Allocation Fund (DAK) : Mechanism and Uses
Usman, Syaikhu; Mawardi, M. Sulton; Poesoro, Adri; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
-recipient sectors are the focus of the study : education, health, and roads infrastructure. The study sample areas are four districts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363884
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Remittances, Trade Liberalisation, and Poverty in Pakistan : The Role of Excluded Variables in Poverty Change Analysis
Siddiqui, Rizwana; Kemal, A. R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study attempts to assess the impact of two shocks - trade liberalisation and a decline in remittances from abroad- on poverty in Pakistan using a CGE framework. It is found that tariff reduction in the absence of a decline in remittances reduces poverty, as measured by the head count,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363645
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Crowding-out Effect of Tobacco Expenditure And Its Implications on Intra-Household Resource Allocation
John, Rijo M - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has implications for nutrition intake and intra-household resource allocation in developing countries. In the process we also examine whether preference over other commodities for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365328
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Alternative Means Testing Options Using CBMS
Reyes, Celia M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The study proposes an alternative means to the present manner of identifying eligible Philhealth beneficiaries through the use of three criteria, namely : income, ownership of assets and socioeconomic characteristics, and electricity consumption. The information/data gathered in evaluating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363587
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The Relationship between Chronic Poverty and Household Dynamics : Evidence from Indonesia
Widyanti, Wenefrida; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The composition of households frequently change due to births, deaths, divorces, marriages, the departure of children from home, and other compositional changes. Consequently, a large number of people undergo some fundamental change in household arrangements during relatively short periods of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363791
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Human Resource Development and Poverty in the Philippines
Lam, Le Thi Ai - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
educational capital. However, in education, the rich and the poor are separated by two different educational divisions …--private and public--and of high quality and low-quality education. Poor children encounter lack of access to quality education due … to a high dropping out rate at an early age and going to public schools that offer low quality education. The lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365293
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Chinese Education Finance : Issues and Challenges
Rong, Wang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363696
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Education : Lessons from Economic Theory and Operational Experience
Barr, Nicholas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper talks about how to pay for teaching at universities. It does not talk about financing research, nor about any particular country. Instead, its purpose is to offer a toolkit for policy makers thinking about reform. The paper sets out lessons for policy design from economic theory...
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