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[...]The issue of the links between poverty, health, and accessto medical care is one that has received considerable …
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In this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status(SES) and health of older individuals in Europe. Physical and psychological childhood eventsare important predictors for labor market and health outcomes in adult life, but studies thatquantify these...
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[...]We consider two puzzles about the local safety netand New York City. First, why do big cities, and particularlyNew York, engage in so much more redistribution thansmall towns? The broad question (the connection betweencities and redistribution) is the topic of the companionpaper to this one...
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There is a wide agreement among poverty research community that conventional estimates of poverty (i.e., money … overestimate total household expenditure, which results in an underestimation of poverty measured in terms of household expenditure … poverty and child poverty estimates in five middle-income countries (India, Mexico, South Africa, Russian Federation and Peru …
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This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database. On the financial protection side, the changes include an increase in the number of indicators from five to 14; revisions to several previous data points,...
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In 2008, Uganda granted hundreds of small groups $ 400 per person to help members start individual skilled trades. Four years on, an experimental evaluation found grants raised earnings by 38% (Blattman, Fiala, Martinez 2014). We return after 9 years to find these start-up grants raised earnings...
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