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Health economics for low-income countries

Mwabu, Germano - 2007

Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes … economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health policy making in low …-income countries. The models could help address questions such as: How can the health of the poor be improved, and what are the …

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The production of child health in Kenya: a structural model of birth weight

Mwabu, Germano - 2008

The paper investigates birth weight and its correlates in Kenya using nationally representative data collected by the government in the early 1990s. I find that immunization of the mother against tetanus during pregnancy is strongly associated with improvements in birth weight. Other factors...

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What's advertising content worth? Evidence from a consumer credit marketing field experiment

Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean S.; Mullainathan, Sendhil - 2008

Firms spend billions of dollars each year advertising consumer products in order to influence demand. Much of these outlays are on the creative design of advertising content. Creative content often uses nuances of presentation and framing that have large effects on consumer decision making in...

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Teaching entrepreneurship: Impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions

Karlan, Dean S.; Valdivia, Martin - 2006

Can one teach basic entrepreneurship skills, or are they fixed personal characteristics? Most academic and development policy discussions abour microentrepreneurs focus on their access to credit and assume their human capital to be fixed, The self-employed poor rarely have any formal training in...

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Household decision making and savings impacts: further evidence from a commitment savings product in the Philippines

Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - 2006

Commitment devices for savings could benefit those with self-control as well as familial or spousal control issues. We find evidence to support both motivations. We examine the impact of a commitment savings product in the Philippines on household decision making power and selfperception of...

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Female empowerment: impact of a commitment savings product in the Philippines

Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - 2006

Female empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we...

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What's Psychology Worth? A Field Experiment in the Consumer Credit Market

Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean S.; Mullainathan, Sendhil - 2005

Numerous laboratory studies report on behaviors inconsistent with rational economic models. How much do these inconsistencies matter in natural settings, when consumers make large, real decisions and have the opportunity to learn from experiences? We report on a field experiment designed to...

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Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - 2005

We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism....

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Cairo evaluation clinic: Thoughts on randomized trials for evaluation of development

Karlan, Dean - 2009

We were asked to discuss specific methodological approaches to evaluating three hypothetical interventions. This article uses this forum to discuss three misperceptions about randomized trials. First, nobody argues that randomized trials are appropriate in all settings, and for all questions....

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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Côte D'ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices

Duflo, Esther; Udry, Christopher - 2003

insurance within households, even with respect to publicly observable weather shocks. Different sources of income are allocated …

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