Documents et rapports
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Child nutrition, child health, and school enrollment : a longitudinal analysis (anglais)
Better health and nutrition are thought to improve children's performance in school, and therefore their productivity after school. Most literature ignores the fact that child health and schooling reflect...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1700 Date du document: 31 janvier 1997 Auteur: Alderman, Harold,Behrman, Jere R.,Lavy, Victor,M
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Health care in Jamaica : quality, outcomes, and labor supply (anglais)
This paper investigates the relationships among labor force participation, health outcomes, and the availability and quality of health care in a developing country. The authors develop an econometric model...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM116 Date du document: 30 juin 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lavy, Victor,Palumbo, Michael,Stern, Steven N.
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Schooling and cognitive achievements of children in Morocco : can the government improve outcomes? (anglais)
Although education plays an important role in economic development, many low income countries are failing to develop their education systems fast enough to reap the benefits of an educated workforce. In...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: WDP264 Date du document: 31 octobre 1994 Auteur: Khandker, Shahidur R.,Lavy, Victor,Filmer, Deon
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Quality and cost in health care choice in developing countries (anglais)
The definition of health care quality and the impact of improved quality on the demand for health care have not been the subject of rigorous econometric studies. This study models theoretically and empirically...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM105 Date du document: 31 juillet 1994 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lavy, Victor,Germain, Jean-Marc
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Firms' responses to relative price changes in Cote d'Ivoire : the implications for export subsidies and devaluations (anglais)
Since the early 1980s, export subsidies have been proposed as a way to counteract the adverse effects of an exchange rate overvaluation among member countries of the West African Monetary Union. It was...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS550 Date du document: 31 décembre 1990 Auteur: Newman, John L.,Lavy, Victor,Salomon, Raoul,de V