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Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment
Haan, Peter - 2009
study the nature of the relationship between poor health and non-employment on a sample of German men aged 30-59. We propose … to model poor health and non-employment as interrelated risks determined within a dynamic structure conditional on a set … persistence in the dynamics of poor health and non-employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159937
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Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
Bandiera, Oriana - 2014
The world's poorest people lack capital and skills and toil for others in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term randomized control trial in Bangladesh this paper demonstrates that sizable transfers of assets and skills enable the poorest women to shift out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063908
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read : A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122967
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Split Decisions : Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Clemens, Michael A. - 2012
understood. We study a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096767
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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
McKenzie, David J. - 2012
We use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107220
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The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers
Beam, Emily - 2017
Understanding employer preferences for characteristics of young workers is crucial to designing effective policies to reduce youth unemployment in developing countries. We conduct a randomized resume audit study, simultaneously examining the returns to education, experience, and physical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963834
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Persuasive Agenda-Setting : Rodrigo Duterte's Inauguration Speech and Drugs in the Philippines
Jetter, Michael - 2020
timing of traditional local festivals, which we argue resulted in some of the Philippines' 81 provinces being less exposed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839063
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Expanding Health Insurance for the Elderly of the Philippines
Abrigo, Michael R.M. - 2019
This paper evaluates a Filipino policy that expanded health insurance coverage of its senior citizens, aged 60 and older, in 2014. Using regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences methods, we find that the expansion increases insurance coverage by approximately 16 percentage points....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857707
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Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Civil Conflict : Evidence from the Philippines
Crost, Benjamin - 2015
disagreement as to the underlying mechanism. Using data from the Philippines for the period 2001-2009, we exploit seasonal … conflict. In the Philippines, above-average rainfall during the wet season is harmful to agricultural production, while above …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023795
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International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice : A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Arends-Kuenning, Mary - 2015
We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine … nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026851