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Do Working Men Rebel? Insurgency and Unemployment in Iraq and the Philippines
Berman, Eli; Callen, Michael; Felter, Joseph H.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits. The logic is that gainfully employed young men are less likely to participate in political violence, implying a positive correlation between...
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Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Berman, Eli; Shapiro, Jacob N.; Felter, Joseph H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We develop and test an economic theory of insurgency motivated by the informal literature and by recent military doctrine. We model a three-way contest between violent rebels, a government seeking to minimize violence by mixing service provision and coercion, and civilians deciding whether to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714535
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Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities
Miguel, Edward Andrew; Glennerster, Rachel; Rothenberg, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Scholars have pointed to ethnic and other social divisions as a leading cause of economic underdevelopment, due in part to their adverse effects on public good provision and collective action. We investigate this issue in post-war Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest countries. To address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008601701
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The Cognitive Link Between Geography and Development: Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania
Torero, Maximo; Field, Erica M.; Robles, Omar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
illness, suggesting that IOC improves schooling through its effect on cognition rather than its effect on health. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777566
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Can the West Save Africa?
Easterly, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach...
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The Impact of the AIDS Pandemic on Health Services in Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We document the impact of the AIDS crisis on non-AIDS related health services in fourteen sub-Saharan African countries …. Using multiple waves of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for each country, we examine antenatal care, birth deliveries … of health care over this period. The most recent DHS survey for each country collected data on HIV prevalence, which …
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Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828728
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Pay-for-Performance Incentives in Low- and Middle-Income Country Health Programs
Miller, Grant; Babiarz, Kimberly Singer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This chapter surveys experience with performance pay in developing country health programs. In doing so, it focuses on …-income country health programs. …
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Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure
Akresh, Richard; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Caruso, German Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of armed conflict on subsequent health outcomes using detailed geographic information …
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Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Duflo, Esther; Kremer, Michael; Dupas, Pascaline - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government's HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs...
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