This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality. We rely on standardized height indicators as our health indicator sincethey avoid the measurement pitfalls of more traditional measures of health such as morbidity,mortality and...

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>American Economic Review</I> (2001). Volume 91, pages 1055-1062.<P> According to basic models of sequential private value auctions of identical objects, consecutive prices are on average constant or rising. In empirical studies, prices are often found...</p></i>

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>World Bank Economic Review</I> (1998). Volume 12, issue 3, pages 457-483.<P> On the basis of the baseline data collected for the evaluation of the Bolivian Social Investment Fund (SIF) this paper assesses (1) the benefit incidence of the SIF and (2)...</p></i>

The Indonesian Healthcard program was implemented in response to the economiccrisis, which hit Indonesia in 1998, in order to preserve access to health care servicesfor the poor. The Healthcard provided the households with subsidised care at publichealth care providers, while the providers...

We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only offered financial education. Both programs included a...

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>Journal of Economic Psychology</I> (2003). Volume 24(1), pages 17-33.<P> Public action to prevent crime is often driven by concerns about public safety. But what generatesthose concerns ? ]s it crime, or something else ? Using survey data for Brazil,...</p></i>

This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Fiscal Studies</I> (2009). Volume 30, issue 3/4, pages 391-417.<P> Every three years, Indonesia fields simultaneously two nationwide surveys which collect consumption data. Onecollects consumption using 23 questions, the other using 320 questions. Based...</p></i>