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Why do women co-operate more in women's groups?From the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Public goods Gender Bayesian estimationJournal Article
Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Education Equality and inequality Health careJournal Article
Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reductionThe existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement complex tax schemes, which is not necessarily the case for many developing countries...
Income tax Poverty Public goodsWorking Paper
Why do women co-operate more in women’s groups?We examine a public goods game in 83 communities in northern Liberia...
Public goods Gender Bayesian estimationJournal Article
Public disclosure for carbon abatement: African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experimentA linear public good experiment adopted from Holt and Laury [1997. Classroom games: Voluntary provision of a public good...
Field experiments Pollution Public goodsWorking Paper
Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision, and inequality in India, 1988-2012Using data from various rounds of the nationally representative NSSO survey between 1988 and 2012, we first construct national, state, and district-level figures for overall, within and between consumption inequality...
Education Equality and inequality Health careVideo
WIDER Annual Lecture by Antonio OcampoView the WIDER Annual Lecture on Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture.
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityAbout
Photos - AL14Selection of images from the WIDER Annual Lecture 14.
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityNews
Press release - AL 14WIDER Annual Lecture 14: Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture, by José Antonio Ocampo, New York, USA
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityAbout
Presentation - AL14Professor José Antonio Ocampo will deliver the UNU-WIDER 14th Annual Lecture on 9 December 2010 at the UN headquarters in New York. The lecture addresses Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture. Amidst still unsettled...
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityJournal Article
The Impact of the Sectoral Allocation of Foreign aid on Gender InequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) Expenditures, PublicBlog
Diversity debit vs. diversity dividend: Challenging the conventional wisdomIt is widely accepted in recent work in economics and political science that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on the provision of public goods such as health and education...
Education Health Public goodsJournal Article
Ethnic Heterogeneity and Public Goods Provision in Zambia: Evidence of a Subnational “Diversity Dividend”The “diversity debit” hypothesis – that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on social, economic, and political outcomes – has been widely accepted in the literature...
Education Health Public goodsVideo
Theoretical ApproachesConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 1.4
Taxation Inequality PovertyJournal Article
Donor Coordination for Effective Government Policies?Part of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Government spending policyJournal Article
The Progressivity and Regressivity of aid to the Social SectorsPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Public goods