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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Social Safety Nets: What Can the Caribbean Expect?

Theodore, Karl; Foucade, Althea Dianne La - EconWPA - 2001

maturing at accelerated rates and surveys show that absenteeism due to ill-health is exerting an increasing burden on firms, as … well be the biggest health and development battle that the region has engaged in to date. Information on the extent of the …

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The Duration of Medicaid Spells: An Analysis Using Flow and Stock Samples

Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A. - EconWPA - 1996

We use unique data from the Medicaid program of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to examine the duration of Medicaid spells. The data set consists of a one in ten sample of all Medicaid recipients in Kentucky on July 1, 1986, and a similar sample of all new spells between July 1, 1986, and June 30,...

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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Aughinbaugh, Alison; Gittleman, Maury - EconWPA - 2003

This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child’s first three years and during adolescence on his or her decisions to engage in a range of risky behaviors: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, using marijuana and other drugs, engaging in sex and committing crimes. Using...

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Schooling and Parental Death

Gertler, Paul; Levine, David I.; Ames, Minnie - EconWPA - 2003

Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications. This study uses parametric and semi-nonparametric matching techniques to estimate how one human capital investment, school...

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Obesity, Wages and Employment in Europe

Garcia, Jaume; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - EconWPA - 2005

-provided health insurance. …

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Density versus Quality in Health Care Provision: Using Household Data to Make Budgetary Choices in Ethiopia

Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan; Mackinnon, John - EconWPA - 2004

Usage of health facilities in Ethiopia is among the lowest in the world; raising usage rates is probably critical for … improving health outcomes. The government has diagnosed the principal problem as the lack of primary health facilities and is … devoting a large share of the health budget to building more facilities. But household data suggest that usage of health …

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AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT: A GENERAL OUTLINE OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGE

salvary, stanley c. w. - EconWPA - 2005

It is recognized that the usefulness of accounting infor mation is contingent upon its (1) neutrality, (2) relevancy, and (3) reliability. Given that all socio-economic systems are comprised of participants and institutions, it would seem that the attainment of those three qualities is...

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