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DATA SETS
May 26, 2015
This is the data set for Working Paper 382 which examines the expansion of universal healthcare in Latin America. The authors calculate long-term projections for public spending on health in three countries and analyze different scenarios related to population, risk factors, labor market participati...
WORKING PAPERS
May 21, 2015
Whether the poor are helped or hurt by taxes and transfers is generally determined by comparing
income distributions before and after fiscal policy using stochastic dominance tests and measures
of progressivity and horizontal inequity. We formally show that these tools can fail to capture an
impo...
WORKING PAPERS
May 21, 2015
In rural areas of developing countries, education programs are often implemented through community teachers. While teachers are a crucial part of the education production function, observing their effort remains a challenge for the public sector. This paper tests whether a simple monitoring system, ...