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Beyond Fiscal Decentralization: Using Subnational Administrative Mechanisms for Climate Change, Response” draft paper prepared with Mitchell CookBeyond Fiscal Decentralization: Using Subnational Administrative Mechanisms for Climate Change, Response” draft paper prepared with Mitchell …
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Understanding Intergovernmental Relations: A Missing Link in Improving Financing and PFM for Health Service Delivery in Developing CountriesPaul Smoke …
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Kenya: The Evolution of Revenue Sharing under New Devolution in a Quasi-Federal SystemPaul Smoke and Jamie Boex …
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Wrapping it up in a person: Examining employment and earnings outcomes for Ph.D. recipientsIn evaluating research investments, it is important to establish whether the expertise gained by researchers in conducting their projects propagates into the broader economy. For eight universities, it was possible to combine data from the UMETRICS …
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From Local to Global: External Validity in a Fertility Natural ExperimentExperimental evidence on a range of interventions in developing countries is accumulating rapidly. Is it possible to extrapolate from an experimental evidence base to other locations of policy interest (from “reference” to “target” sites)? And which …
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How Some Countries Control Spending: The Authors ReplyMK Gusmano, M Laugesen, and VG Rodwin …
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Qatar, the Coronavirus, and Cordons Sanitaires: The Use of Public Health to Define the NationThis article looks at the use of public health strategies to define political membership in the nation. I examine the use of the cordon sanitaire to mitigate the novel coronavirus in Qatar. I argue that it acts primarily as a boundary to map out zones of …
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Turning Rules into Resources: Worker Enactment of Labor Standards Beyond Compliance and Why It Matters for Regulatory FederalismLabor standards are not just enforced; they are enacted, and often in ways that are different from their stated intention. This distinction creates an opening to consider the ways that frontline workers extend and repurpose enforcement practices. Drawing …
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Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United StatesVictor G. Rodwin …
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Bolstering the Housing Safety Net: The Promise of Automatic StabilizersWhile social insurance programs help to buffer the effects of economic downturns, these programs have many gaps in coverage. In the face of income losses and unexpected expenses, households are not able to quickly adjust housing consumption. Homeowners …
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Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in AmericaHousing affordability continues to be a major concern for residents across the country. In this report, the authors look at what local governments can do to mitigate rising costs of rental housing in the U.S. The report reviews the root causes of high …
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Health Care under French National Health Insurance: A Public-Private Mix, Low Prices and High VolumesVG. Rodwin, S. Sandier …
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The World Cities Project: Rationale, Organization, and Design for Comparison of Megacity Health SystemsVG. Rodwin, MK. Gusmano …
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The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United StatesVG. Rodwin …
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Infant Mortality and Income in 4 World Cities: New York, London, Paris and TokyoVG. Rodwin, LG. Neuberg …
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The Rise of Managed Care in the United States: Lessons for French Health PolicyVG. Rodwin …