IntroductionRaising taxes to increase the price of tobacco products is largely viewed as one of the most effective and cost-effective way to reduce tobacco consumption. Yet, as noted by the 2013 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, this measure remains the least likely to be established. This study seeks to provide information that may […]
Abstract This paper develops a general equilibrium framework to study the role of preference structure (additive, multiplicative and a convex combination of the two) in connecting consumption, health investment, stock of health and capital, and their effects on the wage rate and on productivity. We show that the elasticities of health production, health investment and […]
Résumé Ce travail vise à montrer le rôle central du réseau dans le fonctionnement des systèmes de gouvernance des coopératives d’épargne et de crédit, et à évaluer l’influence de l’appartenance d’une coopérative à un réseau sur sa performance. A partir d’une étude empirique menée sur un échantillon de coopératives camerounaises affiliées à un réseau et […]
Abstract Several policies or interventions have been implemented in developing countries with the ultimate goal of improving educational outcomes and human capital. Although many empirical studies have pointed to mixed results of these interventions, the role of uncertainty arising from the state of nature about the educational environment and household characteristics in the efficiency of […]
Résumé La fiscalité du tabac en Afrique de l’Ouest est l’une des plus faibles du monde, entraînant un niveau de prix très bas et rendant le tabac très accessible financièrement. Cela fait du tabagisme un problème important pour chacun de ces pays aux économies faibles avec une population dont les moins de 15 ans représentent […]
Abstract This paper presents the framework of economic policy formulation in Senegal from 1960 to 2012 with special emphasis on the years from 2000. It identifies the political, social and economic objectives of these policies. Subsequently, the role of the stakeholders such as the government, the international financial and technical partners, the civil society and […]
Abstract We use country panel data spanning over 1998-2008 for both developed and developing countries to study the productivity growth when countries are close to the technology frontier. Relying on a semi-parametric generalized additive model, we estimate both reduced and structural forms for total factor productivity growth. We consider three measurements of frontier: the economy […]
Résumé Dans ce papier, nous analysons la manière dont les politiques budgétaires et de protection sociale mises en oeuvre au Sénégal répondent à la vulnérabilité et à la pauvreté des enfants. Les données disponibles sur la situation matérielle de ces derniers fournissent la preuve évidente qu’un grand nombre d’entre eux sont privés de leurs droits […]
Optimal health investment and preferences structure
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to assess the phenomen of young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), by identifying the key factors that drive the probability to belong to this category and explore targeting measures. In fact, due to the low rates of youth unemployment and the precariousness of […]