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"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in … measurement error, the method overcomes the problem of the endogeneity of unit values. By endogeneizing household income, the …
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This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil …
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In accordance with the goals of the innovation grant, World Bank staff undertook a study tour to Turkey to observe Turkey's innovative system to deliver farmer-focused weather alerts by cell phone. The regional priority on climate change adaptation highlights an adaptation mechanism that has...
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Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and medical care spending responds to health shocks, and (2) how far … household consumption is protected against health shocks. The results suggest that adverse health shocks - captured by negative …
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While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare were significant. Border movement restrictions starting in February and a complete...
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payments and household perceptions and experiences of governance in the health sector more generally. This report is structured … changed in recent years. Part three shows the impact out-of-pocket payments -both formal and informal- have on household …-households over time, in order to identify significant factors at the household level that are associated with informal payments and …
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"Studies comparing household surveys with on-site interceptor surveys have typically accounted for over-sampling avid … accounted for the possibility that the household sample may contain a large presence of zero observations. If a large proportion … and compare three models which correct for these measurement issues in both the household and on-site surveys. Results …
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"The authors examine the distributional implications of selective compliance in sample surveys, whereby households with different incomes are not equally likely to participate. They discuss poverty and inequality measurement implications for monotonically decreasing and inverted-U...
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