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IMPLEMENTING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE POOR: THE ROLLOUT OF RSBY IN KARNATAKA

Rajasekhar, D; Berg, Erlend; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Manjula, R - Institute for Social and Economic Change <Bangalore>; … - 2011

The National Health Insurance Scheme (Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, RSBY) aims to improve poor people’s access to quality health care in India. This paper looks at the implementation of the scheme in Karnataka, drawing on a large survey of eligible households and interviews with empanelled...

Keeping it Simple: Financial Literacy and Rules of Thumb

Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Greg; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

Individuals and business owners engage in an increasingly complex array of financialdecisions that are critical for …-of-thumb trainingproduced significant and economically meaningful improvements in business practices andoutcomes.[...] …

Housing Futures our homes and communities

Power, Anne T.; Lane, Laura - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

The housing system is intrinsically linked to almost every major area of government policy fromthe economy and taxation to the environment and education. It is driven by a huge range offactors from the behaviour of individuals to global economic forces. It is also in most casesthe greatest asset...

Interest subsidies on student loans: A better class of drain

Barr, Nicholas A.; Johnston, Alison - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

Johnston London School of Economics Revised May 2010 Draft. Please do not quote …: A better class of drain 1 Nicholas Barr and Alison Johnston 2 London School of Economics 1 The backdrop This … individuals rather than quintile averages. 2 Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics and Alison Johnston a Ph …

What do the public think about economic and social rights?

Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

The background to the Report is the public policy debate about the introduction of a Bill of Rights or written constitution that would build on the Human Rights Act (HRA) (1998) and further strengthen human rights protection by codifying new, additional and / or strengthened rights including...

Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Wellbeing ofChildren? Evidence from Canadian Child BenefitExpansions

Milligan, Kevin; Stabile, Mark - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health anddevelopment outcomes of children. One channel through which increasedincome may operate is an improvement in a family’s ability to provide food,shelter, clothing, books, and other expenditure-related inputs to a...

Were British Railway Companies Well-Managed in the Early Twentieth Century?

Crafts, Nicholas F. R.; Leunig, Tim; Mulatu, Abay - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

This paper examines major privately-owned British railway companies before World War I. Quantitative evidence is presented on return on capital employed, total factor productivity growth, cost inefficiency, and speed of passenger services. There were discrepancies in performance across companies...

Pirates, Polities and Companies: Global Politics on the Konkan Littoral, c.1690-1756

Elliott, Derek L. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

This paper examines pre-colonial interaction among polities along the Konkan coast, from Surat to Goa, during the long half-century c.1680-1756. Specifically it uses the dynasty of the Angrias, who were deemed pirates by the European powers but were actually an integral part of the Maratha...

From Sickness to Death: The Financial Viability of the English Friendly Societies And Coming of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1875-1908

Broten, Nicholas - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

Traditional theories of the origins of the welfare state have emphasized the financial weakness of Britain’s largest provider of mutual insurance in the late 19th century, the friendly societies. These theories share common implications with contemporary theories of institutional change...

Total Factor Productivity for the Royal Navy from Victory at Texal (1653) to Triumph at Trafalgar (1805)

O’Brien, Patrick Karl; Duran, Xavier - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

The size and strength of the Royal Navy experienced a punctuated evolution into the largest and most powerful Navy in the world by 1815.Most historians tend to represent its superiority in conflicts at sea as an indication of several factors that would be conceptualized by economists as...