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Migration and The Equilibrium Prevalence of Infectious Diseases
Mesnard, Alice; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper models how migration both influences and responds to differences in disease prevalence between cities, regions and countries, and show how the possibility of migration away from high-prevalence areas affects long-run steady state disease prevalence. We develop a dynamic framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114207
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English as a global language
Melitz, Jacques - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
How far has English already spread? How much further can we expect it to go? In response to the first question, this chapter tries to identify the areas of life where English already serves as a lingua franca in the world (more or less) and those where the language faces sharp competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084005
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World Human Development: 1870-2007
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
differences? These questions are addressed using an historical index of human development. A sustained improvement in wellbeing … development improvement declined. Meanwhile, in the OECD, as longevity increased, healthy years expanded. A large variance in … human development is noticeable in the Rest since 1970, with East Asia, Latin America and North Africa catching up to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084034
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Improving Human Development: A Long-run View
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
The pessimistic flavour of the Human Development Reports appears to be in contradiction with their own numbers as … developing countries fare comparatively better in human development than in per capita GDP terms. This paper attempts to bridge … this gap by providing a new, ‘improved’ human development index [IHDI], informed by welfare economics. The IHDI is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008607506
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Mortality Risks, Education and Child Labour
Baland, Jean-Marie; Estevan, Fernanda - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In this paper, we investigate the role of young adult mortality on child labour and educational decisions. We argue that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the absence of appropriate insurance mechanisms, the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498071
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Child Care Provision: Semiparametric Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico.
Dubois, Pierre; Rubio-Codina, Marta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We semiparametrically estimate the impact of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades on the time mothers and older sisters spend taking care of children aged under 3, using the randomization of the program placement and the methodology in Lewbel (2000). Results support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067627
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Vaccines vs. Preventives
Kremer, Michael; Snyder, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
likelihood of vaccine development but not drug development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196028
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Competition leverage: how the demand side affects optimal risk adjustment
Bijlsma, Michiel; Boone, Jan; Zwart, Gijsbert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study optimal risk adjustment in imperfectly competitive health insurance markets when high-risk consumers are less likely to switch insurer than low-risk consumers. First, we find that insurers still have an incentive to select even if risk adjustment perfectly corrects for cost differences...
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Coverage of Infertility Treatment and Fertility Outcomes: Do Women Catch Up?
Machado, Matilde Pinto; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The ageing of first-time mothers and the changes in women's labor market conditions have been accompanied by the introduction and subsequent increase in the use of assisted reproductive therapies (ART) that help extend women's reproductive life. Considering the financial cost of infertility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147407
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Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Levaggi, Rosella; Siciliani, Luigi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Patient mobility is a key issue in the EU who recently passed a new law on patients' right to EU-wide provider choice. In this paper we use a Hotelling model with two regions that differ in technology to study the impact of patient mobility on health care quality, health care financing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293984