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Why Civil Service Reforms Do Not Work
Haque, Nadeem Ul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Public sector reform (PSR) efforts in developing countries have been less than successful in the past. Motivated by budgetary considerations, they have focused on downsizing and procedural changes without radically altering the outmoded incentive system, which, in many countries, is now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365082
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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
paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … 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
paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … 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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Take-off, Persistence, and Sustainability : The Demographic Factor of Chinese Growth
Fang, Cai; Yang, Lu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
With the reduction of the working-age population and the increase of the population dependency ratio as the main characteristics of the demographic dividend having disappeared, China’s potential growth rate decreases. And our results suggest that demographic dividend contributed to nearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277967
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Take-off, Persistence, and Sustainability : The Demographic Factor of Chinese Growth
Fang, Cai; Yang, Lu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
With the reduction of the working-age population and the increase of the population dependency ratio as the main characteristics of the demographic dividend having disappeared, China’s potential growth rate decreases. And our results suggest that demographic dividend contributed to nearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277984
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Take-off, Persistence, and Sustainability : The Demographic Factor of Chinese Growth
Fang, Cai; Yang, Lu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
With the reduction of the working-age population and the increase of the population dependency ratio as the main characteristics of the demographic dividend having disappeared, China’s potential growth rate decreases. And our results suggest that demographic dividend contributed to nearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278124
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The Global Economic Crisis : An Opportunity for Strengthening Asia’s Social Protection Systems?
Asher, Mukul G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The current global economic crisis has led to greater prominence for the issue of strengthening social protection systems in Asia. This paper analyzes the key factors determining and the possible avenues for strengthening social protection systems in Asia. The choice of an appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363321
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Reducing Unemployment in Indonesia : Results from a Growth-Employment Elasticity Model
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Most of the unemployed in Indonesia are young and inexperienced, still live with their parents, and have at least 12 years of education. Starting with the premise that efforts to reduce unemployment should take into account the characteristics of the unemployed, we develop a model to look at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363333
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The unemployment challenge : Labour market policies for the recession
Andrews, Grant; Raad, Jean-Pierre de - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Over the next year another 50,000 people will become unemployed. The number of unemployed will surpass that of the last recession of 1997-98. To address the unemployment challenge New Zealand needs to supplement existing job search assistance with investment in training and business capital to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363345
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Future Job Prospects in Singapore
Teck, Hoon Hian - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
What forces have shaped our nations employment and remuneration record so far? Where is Singapores unemployment rate headed? What should policy-makers do about it? These are the questions tackled in this paper. It is shown that based on our historical experience, it would be necessary to achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363351