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Dads, Disease and Death: Decomposing Daughter Discrimination
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2005-05)Existing literature suggests that girls are differentially affected by (1) income shocks and (2) changes in bargaining power. However, these analyses do not shed light on the actual sources of discrimination, i.e. whether ... -
Deals Versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-10)Firms in Africa report "regulatory and economic policy uncertainty" as a top constraint to their growth. We argue that often firms in Africa do not cope with policy rules, rather they face deals; firm-specific policy actions ... -
Debt Levels, Debt Composition, and Sovereign Spreads in Emerging and Advanced Economies
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-08)This paper studies the relationship between sovereign spreads and the interaction between debt composition and debt levels in advanced and emerging market countries. It finds that in emerging market countries there is a ... -
Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-10)Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy makers - both in developing as well as developed countries - is that such programs ... -
The Decade of Development: Goal Setting and Policy Challenges in India
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-02)The Government of India has proclaimed the new decade as a Decade of Development, during which India will meet bold targets for economic growth and social development. At his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister ... -
A Decade of Economic Reforms in India: the Unfinished Agenda
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-04)This paper aims to assess the economic reforms in India undertaken during the 1990s. India has gone through the first decade of her reform process. Hence, an assessment of what has been achieved so far and what remains on ... -
Decomposing World Export Growth and the Relevance of New Destinations
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-08)Looking to understand what drives countries' export growth in practice, I provide a decomposition of world export growth at the product variety level between new destinations, new products, and growth in value of old ... -
Democratic Transitions
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2004-01)Recent studies of democratization, most importantly Przeworski, Alvarez, Cheibub, Limongi, 2000 (PACL), question the modernization hypothesis that richer countries are more likely to be democratic. PACL claim instead that ... -
Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Asia
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 1999-05)This paper examines the links between demographic change and economic growth in Asia during 1965-90. We show that the overall rate of population growth had little effect on economic growth, but that changes in life expectancy, ... -
Determinants of Labor Demand in Colombia: 1976-1996
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Development as Leadership-led Change
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-10)Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This ... -
Development in a Complex World: The Case of Ethiopia
This research compendium provides an explanation of Ethiopia’s fundamental economic challenge of slowing economic growth after an exceptional growth acceleration — a challenge that has been compounded by COVID-19, conflict, ... -
Development Strategy and Economic Institutions in Less Developed Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-03)In this paper, we construct a three-sector model to explore the politically determined development objectives and the intrinsic logic of government intervention policies in less developed countries (LDCs). We argue that ... -
Development Strategy, Optimal Industrial Structure and Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-07)In this paper, we develop an endogenous growth model that combines structural change with repeated product improvements. There are two sectors in the present paper, one is traditional sector, and the other is modern sector. ... -
Diagnosing Drivers of Spatial Exclusion: Places, People, and Policies in South Africa's Former Homelands
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-11)This report analyzes the economic legacy of spatial exclusion in South Africa, focusing on the long-term effects of the former Bantustan policy. Through quantitative analysis, the report explores the spatial dimension of ... -
Diagnosing Human Capital as a Binding Constraint to Growth: Tests, Symptoms and Prescriptions
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-07)The empirical literature on the contributions of human capital investments to economic growth shows mixed results. While evidence from OECD countries demonstrates that human capital accumulation is associated with growth ... -
Diagnosing South Africa's High Unemployment and Low Informality
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-09)This report analyzes the causes and consequences of South Africa’s high rates of unemployment and the unique nature of labor market exclusion in the country. It leverages a combination of new quantitative analysis using ... -
Diagnostico de Crecimiento de Chiapas: La Trampa de la Baja Productividad
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-10)Chiapas no sólo es la entidad de menor ingreso per cápita de México, sino también la que menos creció durante la última década. En consecuencia, la brecha que lo separa del resto del país ha venido ampliándose significativamente. ... -
Did Indonesia's Crises of 1997/98 Affect Child Nutrition? A Cohort Decomposition Analysis of National Nutrition Surveillance Data
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-03)This study uses a new survey of households in rural Central Java to assess the nutritional impact of Indonesia's drought and financial crisis of 1997/98. Applying an econometric approach that distinguishes between time, ... -
Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-11)In this paper, we demonstrate that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service. Importantly, we also show that cheating on this ...