Using Vietnam’s latest National Household Survey data for 2001-2002 this paper assesses the influence of individual, household and commune-level characteristics on a woman’s decision to seek prenatal care, on the number of prenatal visits, and on the choice between giving birth at a health...

Understanding the factors affecting the utilization of health services is essential for health planners, especially in low income countries where increasing access to and use of health services is one of the main policy goals of government. While much has been written on adult health-seeking...

Der Beitrag unterzieht den Bericht der Weltbank über die Ergebnisse der Strukturanpassungsabkommen in Afrika einer kritischen Prüfung. Dabei wird der positiven Bewertung der Strukturanpassungspolitik durch die Weltbankstudie entgegengehalten, daß die zugrundegelegten Daten selektiv...

I use a dynamic mixed multinomial logit model with unobserved heterogeneity to study the impact of work limiting disabilities on disaggregated labour choices. The first seven waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey are used to investigate this relationship. Findings...

Canadian disability policy has come a long way in the past century. However, in contrast with the evidence that disability is not permanent for most, current disability support programs still carry the old static view of permanent disability. By employing a dynamic panel data model of labour...