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Uptake of health insurance and the productive safety net program in rural Ethiopia
Shigute, Zemzem; Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Sparrow, Robert; … - 2016
Due to lack of well-developed insurance, credit and labor markets, rural families in Ethiopia are exposed to a range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455639
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Social insurance reform and labor market outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Ethiopia
Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun Singh; Söderbom, Måns; … - 2017
This paper examines the labor market implications of a mandatory social insurance scheme introduced in Ethiopia in 2011 … pension benefits to workers in the form of lower wages. In fact the reform seems to be associated with an increase in real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709397
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The dynamics of job creation and job destruction : is sub-saharan Africa different?
Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun Singh - 2009
destruction ; job reallocation ; firm dynamics ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; Ethiopia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925560
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The joint effects of a health insurance and a public works scheme in rural Ethiopia
Shigute, Zemzem; Strupat, Christoph; Burchi, Francesco; … - 2017
Rural households in Ethiopia are exposed to a variety of covariate and idiosyncratic risks. In 2005, the Ethiopian … in livestock, the main household asset, and a 27 percent decline in debt. These results suggest that at least in Ethiopia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716147
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The impact of a cash transfer program on cognitive achievement : the Bono de Desarrollo Humano of Ecuador
Ponce, Juan (contributor); Bedi, Arjun Singh (contributor) - 2008
Throughout Latin America, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs play an important role in social policy. These programs aim to influence the accumulation of human capital, as well as reduce poverty. In terms of educational outcomes, a number of impact evaluation studies have shown that such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750309