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Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria
Osili, Una Okonkwo - 2007
The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465584
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The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … quantitative macroeconomic theory. We apply the model to examine the effect of a change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461281
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A Model of Multiple Districts and Private Schools : The Role of Mobility, Targeting, and Private School Vouchers
Nechyba, Thomas J. - 1999
This paper presents a multi-district model that can be calibrated to data reflecting housing market conditions, public school finance mechanisms and private school markets. Simulations are undertaken to investigate the impact of private school vouchers. Households that differ in both their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471551
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The Economics of Vouchers
Bradford, David F. - 1999
This paper aims to provide a swift tour of the economic issues presented by vouchers and thus to fill an apparent gap in the literature for a basic survey of the subject. Among the issues it considers are: factors determining a voucher's cash-equivalence; reasons (such as paternalism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471705
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Food vs. Food Stamps : Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Governments seeking to provide food assistance have a choice between providing in-kind food directly to beneficiaries, or providing vouchers that can be used to purchase food on the market. To understand the differences between these policies, the Government of Indonesia randomly phased in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510520
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Providing Vouchers and Value Information for Already Free Eye Exams Increases Uptake Among a Low-Income Minority Population : A Randomized Trial
Kacker, Seema; Macis, Mario; Gajwani, Prateek; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We study whether vouchers with and without value information encourage completion of already free follow-up appointments in a low-income minority population in Baltimore City referred for possible eye disease. Between May 2017 and September 2018, 821 individuals referred for free follow-up from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660033
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Experimentally Validating Welfare Evaluation of School Vouchers : Part I
Arcidiacono, Peter; Muralidharan, Karthik; Shim, Eun-young - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In this paper, we use a unique two-stage experiment that randomized access to school vouchers across both markets and students in rural India to estimate the revealed preference value of school choice. In the first step of the research design, we develop an empirical model of school choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599367
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An Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of Neighborhood-based Interventions on Children
Chyn, Eric; Daruich, Diego - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
To study the effects of neighborhood and place-based interventions, this paper incorporates neighborhood effects into a general equilibrium (GE) heterogeneous-agent overlapping-generations model with endogenous location choice and child skill development. Importantly, housing costs as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191022
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Do Neighborhoods Affect Credit Market Decisions of Low-Income Borrowers? Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
Miller, Sarah - 2018
This paper provides new evidence on the long-term impacts of neighborhood environment on low-income credit decisions by analyzing financial outcomes and borrowing decisions of participants of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment. The MTO experiment was a unique, large-scale experiment that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480676
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Expanding Access to Clean Water for the Rural Poor : Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Dupas, Pascaline - 2020
Using data from an 18-month randomized trial, we estimate large and sustained impacts on water purification and child health of a program providing monthly coupons for free water treatment solution (diluted chlorine) to households with young children. The program is more effective and much more...
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