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A unified model of cohort mortality for economic analysis

Lleras-Muney, Adriana; Moreau, Flavien - 2021

We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …

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Health Aid and Infant Mortality

Newhouse, David Locke - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between … 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is … associated with a 2 percent reduction in the infant mortality rate. For the average country, this implies that increasing per …

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Central Bank Boards Around the World : Why Does Membership Size Differ?

Berger, Helge - 2006

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board''s size. The empirical relevance of these factors is...

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Do resource windfalls improve the standard of living in Sub-Saharan African countries? : evidence from a panel of countries

Lee, Munseob; Gueye, Cheikh - 2015

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Now or later? : the political economy of public investment in democracies

Gupta, Sanjeev; Liu, Estelle; Mulas Granados, Carlos - 2015

This paper explores the impact of political and institutional variables on public investment. Working with a sample of 80 presidential and parliamentary democracies between 1975 and 2012, we find that the rate of growth of public investment is higher at the beginning of electoral cycles and...

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Country stress events : does governance matter?

Caceres, Carlos; Kochanova, Anna - 2012

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Governance for inclusive growth

Ivanyna, Maksym; Salerno, Andrea - 2021

The government's ability to deliver inclusive growth crucially depends on the quality of governance. This paper reviews the linkages between governance and inclusive growth, and key policies to improve governance. The policies include (1) structural reform, automation, improving rules and...

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A governance dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa?

Hammadi, Amine; Mills, Marshall; Souza Sobrinho, Nelson … - 2019

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, including deficiencies in government functions and distortions to economic incentives. It...

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Banking Supervision : Quality and Governance

Gambini, Alessandro - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between the quality of banking supervision and governance of the supervisory agency, based on assessments of the Basel Core Principles and the IMF Code on Transparency in Financial Policies, covering 116 and 53 countries, respectively, with 51 common to both....

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Did Botswana Escape From the Resource Curse?

Iimi, Atsushi - 2006

Botswana is typical of the countries that are endowed with abundant natural resources. Although it is commonly accepted that resource-rich economies tend to fail in accelerating growth, Botswana has experienced the most remarkable economic performance in the region. Using the latest...

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