This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of individuals' and couples' labor supply, savings, and retirement …

behavior. This treatment is interacted with the option of opening a savings account at the screening of the movie. At the exit … of the screening, individuals in the financial education movie treatment are more likely to open a savings account than … individuals in the placebo movie treatment. However, the effects dissipate quickly. When savings and borrowing behavior is …

drought shocks. It analyzes mechanisms through which cash transfers contribute to resilience, such as savings facilitation … that cash transfers increase household consumption by about 10 percent on average. Importantly, this increase is mostly … increase savings. They also help households protect earnings in agriculture and off-farm businesses when shocks occur. Few …

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

health and education, including: increased children's height; decreased risky behaviors among adolescents, including the … helping children and youth build human capital through better health and education, which has led to positive returns in the …

the World Health Organization reference population. The results of multiple probit regression models indicate a 6 percent …

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to … being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies …

This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital …

how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a …-conflicting reports of intrahousehold decision making. It finds that women's power substantially matters for health and various family and … reproductive outcomes. Women taking power is also better for children's outcomes, in particular for girls' health, but it is worse …