Estimation of child health production functions: Households' consumption of prevention goods and its interaction with public policies in developing countries.
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Title
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Estimation of child health production functions: Households' consumption of prevention goods and its interaction with public policies in developing countries.
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Identifier
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AAI9417499
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identifier
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9417499
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Creator
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Oo, Naing.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Michael Grossman
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Economics, General
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Abstract
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The model developed, based on the utility maximizing framework, investigates salient features of public policies in provision of prevention goods in relation to child health production. The model has been empirically tested using international cross-sectional data for 92 developing countries.;In the first-stage, six reduced-form demand equations for prevention goods and services, namely; immunization, oral rehydration therapy, birth attended, family planning, calories, and water, were estimated. Heteroscedasticity is investigated by the Breusch-Pagan Lagrange multiplier test. The standard errors and t-ratios of the reduced-form equations are corrected by applying White's robust estimation method. The regression results show that consumption of prevention goods and services can be powerfully reinforced by improving households' capacity to consume, and establishing well-designed public policies.;The two stage least squares method is employed in the estimation of the structural child health production functions. The results of the structural regressions, with or without controlling other variables, consistently indicate that these prevention goods are statistically associated with reduction in IMR and U5MR. Application of the Wu-Hausman test for specification error confirms that these prevention goods are endogenous with respect to child health. The test for overidentifying restrictions was carried out for all structural equations. The test statistics suggest that it can not reject overidentifying restrictions.;The present analysis shows how the unacceptably high IMR and U5MR in developing countries could be reversed, and what policy changes would be required. The sustainability of consumption, and provision of the minimum package of essential prevention goods and services is addressed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
