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On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms
Campos, Nauro F. - 2012
evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106946
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Economic Growth and Child Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara - 2014
This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067479
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Does Reform Work? An Econometric Examination of the Reform-Growth Puzzle
Babetskii, Ian; Campos, Nauro F. - 2021
Why are socially beneficial reforms not implemented? One simple answer to this question (which has received little attention in the literature) is that this may be caused by generalized uncertainty about the effectiveness of reforms. If agents are unsure about whether a proposed reform will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317203
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Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011
mobility in 141 villages in rural Bangladesh. Regression estimates of father-son correlations and analyses of intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121328
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Poisoning the Mind : Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011
Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124776
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School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from a Non-Formal School Program in Bangladesh
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2011
– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126133
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Going to School in Purdah : Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction … Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) is combined with community information on the availability of non‐religious secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096442
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What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099680
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Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105995
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Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health : Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen - 2012
implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106285