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The value of safety or the value of the good?

Järnberg, Linda Andersson; Andrén, Daniela; … - 2024

This study analyzes how the willingness to pay (WTP) for a risk reduction for traffic accidents varies depending on the specific traffic safety measures and whether they are framed as public or private goods. Building on previous studies, we designed and conducted a contingent valuation survey...

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Willingness to pay for private and public improvements of vulnerable road users’ safety

Andersson Järnberg, Linda; Andrén, Daniela; … - 2021

A frequent finding in the empirical literature on cost-benefit analysis of traffic safety measures is that valuations of public goods are lower than valuations of private goods, contrary to theory predictions. This study elicits the willingness to pay for publicly and privately provided safety...

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The Morbidity Costs of Air Pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xun; Liu, Yuehua; Zhao, Xintong; Chen, Xi - 2023

This study is one of the first investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV)...

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Measuring process innovation outputs and understanding their implications for firms and workers: Evidence from Pakistan.

Wadho, Waqar; Chaudhry, Azam - 2024

understanding of the measures, determinants, and impacts of new processes remains limited. Drawing on unique data from Pakistan, we …

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Female Early Marriage and Son Preference in Pakistan

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid; Lorey, Thierry - 2023

In this study, we employ pooled data from four rounds of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) to examine …

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Remittances and Vaccine Hesitancy in the Punjab Province of Pakistan

Abbas, Faisal; Bang, James T.; Mitra, Aniruddha - 2023

Pakistan is one of only three countries that have failed to stop the transmission of poliovirus and experienced a surge … of polio paralysis in 2019. Meanwhile, misconceptions persist about the safety and efficacy of vaccines in Pakistan and …

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Girls Not Brides: Evolution of Child Marriage in Pakistan

Javed, Rashid; Mughal, Mazhar - 2020

Pakistan and the changes that have taken place over time in the profile of the women who marry before turning 18. We use data … from all the four rounds of the representative Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS), namely 1990 − 91, 2006 − 07 …

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Perturbed Nuptiality, Delayed Fertility: Childbirth Effects of Covid19

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid - 2021

lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till … Pakistan where birth rates remain high, marriage is nearly universal, and almost all child- bearing takes place within marriage … outbreak may affect about half of the marriages that were to take place during the year. In Pakistan, childbearing begins soon …

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Leveraging technology to promote women's health: Evidence from a pilot program

Ahmad, Hamna; Hussain, Sadia; Nazif, Muhammad Ahmed - 2021

We investigate the causal impact of offering telehealth services to female microfinance borrowers on their health and bargaining power in the household. Using a balanced panel of 1218 female borrowers, we observe a positive impact of offering telehealth services on self-reported physical and...

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Changing Patterns of Son Preference and Fertility in Pakistan

Javed, Rashid; Mughal, Mazhar - 2021

Using data from two representative Demographic and Health Surveys, we examine the change in son preference over the past three decades and its effects on Pakistani women’s fertility. We analyse a number of indicators and employ different empirical methods to come up with strong and persistent...

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