Erwin R. Tiongson

Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)

Professor

Washington, DC 20057

United States

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Research Fellow

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

University College London - CReAM - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

External Research Fellow

Drayton House

30 Gordon Street

London, WC1H 0AX

United Kingdom

Asian Institute of Management

Nonresident Research Fellow

123 Paseo de Roxas

Makati, 1260

Philippines

  • Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)

  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

  • University College London - CReAM - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

  • Asian Institute of Management

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1.

Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care?

IMF Working Paper No. 99/21
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Feb 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Marijn Verhoeven and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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public expenditure, primary and secondary education, primary health care, intrasectoral spending compostion, social indicators

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Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services

IMF Working Paper No. 00/116
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Feb 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid R. Davoodi and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Corruption, education, health care, public provision

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Foreign Aid and Revenue Response Does the Composition of Aid Matter?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/176
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Benedict Clements, Alexander Pivovarsky and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department, Harvard University and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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foreign aid loans grants revenue

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How Does the Composition of Public Spending Matter?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3555
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 May 2005
Stefano Paternostro, Erwin R. Tiongson and Anand Rajaram
World Bank - Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR), Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank
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expenditure allocation, poverty reduction, growth, equity

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Public Finance, Governance, and Growth in Transition Economies : Empirical Evidence from 1992-2004

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4255
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Taras Pushak, Erwin R. Tiongson and Aristomene Varoudakis
World Bank, Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Development Centre (DEV)
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Public Sector Expenditure Analysis&Management, Governance Indicators, Pro-Poor Growth and Inequality, National Governance, Macroeconomic Management

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How Useful are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/227
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Hamid R. Davoodi, Erwin R. Tiongson and Sawitree Asawanuchit
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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benefit incidence public spending on education and health targeting progressivity

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Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor

IMF Working Paper No. 01/127
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Feb 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Marijn Verhoeven and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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public spending, health, poverty

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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

IMF Working Paper No. 03/14
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jan 2006
Luiz R. de Mello and Erwin R. Tiongson
OECD and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Income distribution, government spending, capital deepening

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Youth Unemployment, Labor Market Transitions, and Scarring: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001-04

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4183
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Erwin R. Tiongson and Jean Fares
Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank
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Labor Markets, Youth and Governance, Population Policies, Adolescent Health, Social Protections & Assistance

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Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe -- Opportunity or Burden?

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Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe -- Opportunity or Burden?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5202
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Thorsten Beck, Katie Kibuuka and Erwin R. Tiongson
City University London - The Business School, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Emerging Markets, Housing Finance

Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe: Opportunity or Burden?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4758
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Thorsten Beck, Katie Kibuuka and Erwin R. Tiongson
City University London - The Business School, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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household credit, housing finance, financial vulnerability, EU accession

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The Impact of Emigration on Source Country Wages: Evidence from the Republic of Moldova

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5764
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Lawrence Bouton, Saumik Paul and Erwin R. Tiongson
World Bank, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Labor Markets, Labor Policies, Population Policies, Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement, Human Migrations & Resettlements

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The Impact of Energy Price Changes in Moldova

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3960
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Iaroslav Baclajanschi, Lawrence Bouton, Hideki Mori, Dejan Ostojic, Taras Pushak and Erwin R. Tiongson
World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Energy Production and Transportation, Environment and Energy Efficiency, Energy and Environment, Markets and Market Access, Transport and Environment

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Returns to Education in the Economic Transition: A Systematic Assessment Using Comparable Data

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4225
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luca Flabbi, Stefano Paternostro and Erwin R. Tiongson
RES - Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank - Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Education For All, Primary Education, Teaching and Learning, Education Reform and Management, Access & Equity in Basic Education

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How Does the Composition of Public Spending Matter? A Framework Relating Public Spending to Growth, Equity and Poverty-Reduction Objectives

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Mar 2012
Stefano Paternostro, Anand Rajaram and Erwin R. Tiongson
World Bank - Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR), World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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expenditure allocation, poverty reduction, growth, equity

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Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2004: Enterprise Restructuring, Labor Market Transitions and Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4479
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Erwin R. Tiongson and Ruslan Yemtsov
Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank - Social Proteciton and Jobs Global Practice
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Labor Markets, Labor Policies, Population Policies, Banks & Banking Reform

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Attitudes to Equality: The Socialist Legacy Revisited

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4529
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Mamta Murthi and Erwin R. Tiongson
World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Access to Finance, Inequality, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Corporate Law

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Foreign Aid and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Global Food Aid

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Foreign Aid and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Global Food Aid

IMF Working Paper No. 03/40
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Benedict Clements and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Food aid, foreign aid, counterpart funds, consumption smoothing

Foreign Aid and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Global Food Aid

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Sep 2004
Sanjeev Gupta, Benedict Clements and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Split Decisions: Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work

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Split Decisions: Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 324
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 May 2013
Michael A. Clemens and Erwin R. Tiongson
Center for Global Development and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Split Decisions: Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6287
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Michael A. Clemens and Erwin R. Tiongson
Center for Global Development and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Access to Finance, Population Policies, Labor Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Health Monitoring & Evaluation

Split Decisions: Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7028
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
Michael A. Clemens and Erwin R. Tiongson
Center for Global Development and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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migration, households, remittances, policy discontinuity

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Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences Over Public Policies

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Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences Over Public Policies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7555
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luiz R. de Mello, Simone Raphaela Schotte, Erwin R. Tiongson and Hernan Winkler
OECD, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank
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Youth and Governance, Social Analysis, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Economic Adjustment and Lending, National Governance, Quality of Life & Leisure, Public Sector Economics, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Government Policies

Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences Over Public Policies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9681
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Luiz R. de Mello, Simone Schotte, Erwin R. Tiongson and Hernan Winkler
OECD, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank
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ageing, public spending, cohort effects

Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences Over Public Policies

Kyklos, Vol. 70, Issue 1, pp. 70-96, 2017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Jan 2017
Luiz R. de Mello, Simone Schotte, Erwin R. Tiongson and Hernan Winkler
OECD, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and World Bank
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What Sustains Fiscal Consolidations in Emerging Market Countries?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/224
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Emanuele Baldacci, Benedict Clements and Erwin R. Tiongson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - African Department and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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fiscal adjustment, fiscal consolidation, survival analysis, emerging markets

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When Do Gender Wage Differences Emerge? A Study of Azerbaijan's Labor Market

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When Do Gender Wage Differences Emerge? A Study of Azerbaijan's Labor Market

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7613
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francesco Pastore, Francesco Pastore, Sarosh Sattar, Nistha Sinha and Erwin R. Tiongson
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsSeconda Università di Napoli - Dipartimento di Discipline Giuridiche ed Economiche Italiane Europee e Comparate, World Bank, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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Social Development & Poverty, Educational Sciences, Social Protections & Assistance

When Do Gender Wage Differences Emerge? A Study of Azerbaijan's Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9660
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Francesco Pastore, Francesco Pastore, Sarosh Sattar, Nistha Sinha and Erwin R. Tiongson
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsSeconda Università di Napoli - Dipartimento di Discipline Giuridiche ed Economiche Italiane Europee e Comparate, World Bank, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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gender wage gap and dynamics, early labor market outcomes, school-to-work transitions, earnings equations, decomposition analysis

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Directing Remittances to Education with Soft and Hard Commitments: Evidence from a Lab-in-The-Field Experiment and New Product Take-Up Among Filipino Migrants in Rome

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Directing Remittances to Education with Soft and Hard Commitments: Evidence from a Lab-in-The-Field Experiment and New Product Take-Up Among Filipino Migrants in Rome

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6896
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David J. McKenzie, Erwin R. Tiongson, Dean Yang and Dean Yang
Sapienza Università di Roma, University of Rome Tor Vergata, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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Remittances, Tertiary Education, Access & Equity in Basic Education, Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems, Debt Markets

Directing Remittances to Education with Soft and Hard Commitments: Evidence from a Lab-in-The-Field Experiment and New Product Take-Up Among Filipino Migrants in Rome

NBER Working Paper No. w20839
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2022
Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David J. McKenzie, Erwin R. Tiongson, Dean Yang and Dean Yang
Sapienza Università di Roma, University of Rome Tor Vergata, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Labor Supply in Early Career: Evidence from Kosovo's School-to-Work Transition Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7461
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Francesco Pastore, Francesco Pastore, Sarosh Sattar and Erwin R. Tiongson
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsSeconda Università di Napoli - Dipartimento di Discipline Giuridiche ed Economiche Italiane Europee e Comparate, World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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gender wage gap and dynamics, early labor market outcomes, school-to-work transitions, earnings equations, decomposition analysis, Balkans area, Kosovo

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Information and the Acquisition of Social Network Connections

NBER Working Paper No. w27346
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Toman Barsbai, Victoria Licuanan, Andreas Steinmayr, Erwin R. Tiongson, Dean Yang and Dean Yang
University of Bristol, Asian Institute of Management, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics, Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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What is the Value of (My and My Family's) Good Health?

Kyklos, Vol. 62, Issue 4, pp. 594-610, November 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Oct 2009
Luiz R. de Mello and Erwin R. Tiongson
OECD and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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