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Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322424
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Evidence of Returns to Schooling in Africa from Household Surveys: Monitoring and Restructuring the Market for Education
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
Wage-differentials by education of men and women are examined from African household surveys to suggest private wage returns to schooling. It is commonly asserted that returns are highest at primary school levels and decrease at secondary and postsecondary levels, whereas private returns in six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369181
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HIV and fertility in Africa: first evidence from population based surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274407
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435280
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Análisis Estadístico y Económico sobre las Características de la Permanencia y Acceso Diferenciado por Género en el Sistema Educativo Boliviano a Nivel Municipal
Andersen, Lykke E.; Molina, Oscar - 2004
informe muestra que en 113 de los 314 municipios en Bolivia las niñas tienen menor acceso y/o permanencia en el sistema … escolar que los niños, mientras que las niñas sólo tienen ventajes de acceso y/o permanencia en 2 municipios. En el resto de … los municipios, los niños y las niñas tienen el mismo acceso y el mismo nivel de permanencia (medido a 15 años). La …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941000
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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies
Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018
social policy, work, family, and gender inequality. Motivated by limitations of prior research, we analyze the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060338
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Análisis ExAnte de un Aumento en la Dotación de Capital Humano: El Caso del Plan Familias de Transferencias Condicionadas
Epele, Nicolás; Dowbley, Victoria - 2006
programa sobre las diferentes medidas de desigualdad del ingreso y pobreza, encontrando que tiene un efecto positivo sobre los …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941107
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La segregación escolar en Argentina. Reconstruyendo la Evidencia
Gasparini, Leonardo; Jaume, David; Serio, Monserrat; … - 2011
En este trabajo se documenta y analiza la segregación escolar entre alumnos de distintos estratos socioeconómicos que asisten a escuelas públicas y privadas en Argentina. El trabajo contribuye con evidencia empírica a la medición de este fenómeno desde 1986 hasta la actualidad, incluyendo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429331
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Domestic violenceand labor market outcomes: Evidence from a mixed-race developing country
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rios Avila, Fernando - 2010
labor markets is limited among indigenous people, given that violence is, to some extent, socially recognized and accepted …. We find that for most of the cases, indigenous women are less responsive to domestic violence than nonindigenous ones …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274614
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Multiple Interfaces of Big Pharma and the Change of Global Health Governance in the Face of HIV/AIDS
Wogart, Jan Peter - 2006
By using a game theoretical approach and the notion of 'forum' or 'regime shifting' this paper examines the multiple interfaces of the multinational pharmaceutical corporations (MNPCs) with their major counterparts at home and abroad, including the governments of the North and South, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293530