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Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality
Olken, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper examines the accuracy of beliefs about corruption, using data from Indonesian villages. Specifically, I … compare villagers%u2019 stated beliefs about the likelihood of corruption in a road-building project in their village with a …. I find that villagers%u2019 beliefs do contain information about corruption in the road project, and that villagers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710927
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Tekin, Erdal; Cesur, Resul; Ulker, Aydogan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Natural gas has emerged as an increasingly attractive source of energy since it is highly efficient, abundant, and cleaner than any other fossil fuel. In this paper, we examine the impact of widespread adoption of natural gas as a source of fuel on infant mortality in Turkey, using variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159879
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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone
Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by date of birth and the variation in resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227910
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How Does Health Promotion Work? Evidence From The Dirty Business of Eliminating Open Defecation
Gertler, Paul; Shah, Manisha; Alzua, Maria Laura; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
-scale randomized field experiments in four countries: India, Indonesia, Mali, and Tanzania. Health promotion works through a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196770
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The Behavioralist as Nutritionist: Leveraging Behavioral Economics To Improve Child Food Choice and Consumption
list, john; Samek, Anya Savikhin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., with now almost a third of children ages 2-19 deemed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201572
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Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States
Barreca, Alan Irwin; Fishback, Price Vanmeter; Kantor, Shawn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) caused a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the effects of the AAA on the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a quasi-first difference model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325516
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Equilibrium Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Endogenous Growth - Will the GDP Share of Health Spending Keep Rising?
Ehrlich, Isaac; Yin, Yong - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The apparently unrelenting growth in the GDP-share of health spending (SHS) has been a perennial issue of policy concern. Does an equilibrium limit exist? The issue has been left open in recent dynamic models which take income growth and population aging as given. We view these variables as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796689
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Heterogeneity in Long Term Health Outcomes of Migrants within Italy
Atella, Vincenzo; Deb, Partha - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This article examines the long term physical and mental health effects of internal migration focusing on a relatively unique migration experience from Southern and Northeastern regions of Italy to Northwestern regions and to the region around Rome concentrated over a relatively short period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692224
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Disease and Development: A Reply to Bloom, Canning, and Fink
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Bloom, Canning, and Fink (2014) argue that the results in Acemoglu and Johnson (2006, 2007) are not robust because initial level of life expectancy (in 1940) should be included in our regressions of changes in GDP per capita on changes in life expectancy. We assess their claims controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168697
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Limited Life Expectancy, Human Capital and Health Investments: Evidence from Huntington Disease
Oster, Emily; Shoulson, Ira; Dorsey, E. Ray - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
One of the most basic predictions of human capital theory is that life expectancy should impact human capital investment. Limited exogenous variation in life expectancy makes this difficult to test, especially in the contexts most relevant to the macroeconomic applications. We estimate the...
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