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Orphanhood, Vulnerability and Primary School Attendance:Evidence from a School-Based Survey in Two Regions of Tanzania
Orphans Vulnerable children Primary school Dropouts Urban-rural
2015/7/22
This paper addresses two frequent overgeneralisations in the orphanhood literature in Africa: about the 'vulnerability' of children and about 'orphans'. It specifically examines school attendance, giv...
Spatial Differentials in Childhood Mortality in South Africa: Evidence from the 2001 Census
Spatial differentials Childhood mortality
2015/7/22
This study examines spatial differentials in childhood mortality in South Africa using data from the 2001 population census. Of the complex routes of geographical area hierarchy maintained by South Af...
Female Adolescents And Reproductive Change In Ghana:Evidence From An Adolescent Survey Of Two Communities
Female Adolescents Reproductive Change Ghana Adolescent Survey Two Communities
2015/7/21
The study on Female Adolescent Reproductive Change was undertaken as part of the ongoing effort at understanding some of the problems that confront adolescents in Ghana. The study uses a sample of 1,8...
Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment:Evidence for the Veterans Affairs’Disability Compensation Program
Federal Policy and the Rise Disability Enrollment Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation Program
2015/7/17
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compensates 13 percent of the nation’s military veterans for service-related disabilities through the Disability Compensation (DC) program. In 2001, a legislati...
The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply:Evidence for the VA’s Disability Compensation Program
Disability Benefits Labor Supply VA’s Disability Compensation Program
2015/7/17
We analyze the labor market effects of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Disability Compensation (DC) program. The largely unstudied DC program currently provides income and health insurance to...
We provide a selective survey of empirical evidence on the e ects as well as the drivers of
persuasive communication. We consider persuasion directed at consumers, voters, donors,
and investors. We ...
Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration
Health care spending regional variation Dartmouth Atlas
2015/7/17
We study the drivers of geographic variation in US health care utilization, using an empirical strategy that exploits migration of Medicare patients to separate the role of demand
and supply factors....
PRESCHOOL TELEVISION VIEWING AND ADOLESCENT TEST SCORES: HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE COLEMAN STUDY
PRESCHOOL TELEVISION VIEWING ADOLESCENT TEST
2015/7/17
We use heterogeneity in the timing of television’s introduction to different local
markets to identify the effect of preschool television exposure on standardized
test scores during adolescence. Our...
Why Do Inventors Sell to Patent Trolls? Experimental Evidence for the Asymmetry Hypothesis
Patent Trolls Asymmetry Hypothesis
2015/7/15
Why do individual patent holders assign their patents to “trolls” rather than license their
technologies directly to manufacturers or assert them through litigation? We explore the
hypothesis that...
Evidence on linkages between urbanization,poverty and human well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
urbanization poverty human well-being Sub-Saharan Africa
2015/6/26
Unprecedented urban population growth in the context of lacklustre economic performance in most African countries has created a new face of poverty characterised by a significant proportion of urban p...
The Psycho-Social Benefits of Access to Contraception: Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Contraceptive Access Mental Health Zambia
2015/4/28
In a field experiment in Lusaka, Zambia, married couples in the catchment area of a family planning clinic were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (N=503) or a control group (N=768). Those ...
The Psycho-Social Benefits of Access to Contraception:Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Contraceptive Access Mental Health Zambia
2015/4/27
In a field experiment in Lusaka, Zambia, married couples in the catchment area of a family planning clinic were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (N=503) or a control group (N=768). Those ...
The changing influence of socioeconomic status on student achievement: Recent evidence from Australia
socioeconomic status student achievement
2015/4/27
This paper examines the influence of SES on student achievement using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), a national program of research on the transitions young people make...
Staying longer at school and absenteeism: Evidence from Australian research and the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth.
Australian research the Longitudinal Surveys
2015/4/27
Youth in Transition (YIT), a program of longitudinal surveys conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), began in 1978. The program was designed to trace national samples of 6...
What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns
Geographic Location Labor Industry Clusters Transportation Manufacturing Industry United States
2015/4/21
Many industries are geographically concentrated. Many mechanisms that could account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs ...