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Estimates of multidimensional poverty for India using NSSO-71 and -75

Mothkoor, Venugopal; Badgaiyan, Nina - 2021

We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We use income, health, education, and standard of living to measure the MPI. The MPI headcount declined from 26.9 to 13.75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates...

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Poor health reporting: Do poor South Africans underestimate their health needs?

Rossouw, Laura - 2015

Researchers often rely on household survey data to investigate health disparities and the incidence and prevalence of illness. These self-reported health measures are often biased due to information asymmetry or differences in reference groups. Using the World Health Organization study on global...

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Impact of post-conflict development interventions on maternal healthcare utilization

Badiuzzaman, Muhammad; Murshed, Syed Mansoob - 2016

We evaluate the effectiveness of a post-conflict development programme on maternal health-care utilization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Our work varies from conventional impact evaluation studies because of the inclusion of two post-conflict psychosocial risks: the household's...

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A unified structural equation modelling approach for the decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health

Kessels, Roselinde; Erreygers, Guido - 2015

We present a unified structural equation modelling framework for the regression-based decomposition of rank … provides an argument for using the bivariate multiple regression model for two-dimensional decomposition. Within the structural … equation modelling framework, the two-dimensional decomposition integrates the feedback mechanism between health and …

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Disentangling the pattern of geographic concentration in Tunisian manufacturing industries

Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014

In this paper, we examine the pattern of spatial concentration of manufacturing industries observed in Tunisia and explore the factors driving firms' choices of location at the provincial level. We consider specialization and competition indicators as the driving forces and also examine the...

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Global inequality in length of life: 1950-2015

Jordá, Vanesa; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2017

included in our database. The decomposition analysis reveals that differences in life expectancy between countries account for …

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Maternal mortality and women's political participation

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2018

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8-11 per cent increase in skilled birth...

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Orphans and stunted growth: Investigating the potential of spatial network effects in service delivery for reducing stunting in orphans

Bridgman, Grace - 2020

Stunted growth in early life has serious implications for children and is a wellestablished constraint to productivity, life expectancy, and cognitive development. This paper evaluates the relative contributions of household resources and public service delivery in reducing the orphan-stunting...

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Horizontal inequality, COVID-19, and lockdown readiness: Evidence from India

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Kundu, Anustup - 2020

A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 both reflects and exacerbates existing inequalities. However, there are significant gaps in this research area with respect to 'horizontal' or group-based inequalities in Global South countries. Lack of group-disaggregated data often contributes. In...

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Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world

Cooray, Arusha; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; De … - 2020

How has government healthcare spending prepared countries for tackling the COVID19 pandemic? Arguably, spending is the primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of...

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