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1.

The Structure of Social Disparities in Education: Gender and Wealth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2268
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer
World Bank
Downloads 672 (15,667)
Citation 13

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A Millennium Learning Goal: Measuring Real Progress in Education

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 97
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 May 2007
Deon Filmer, Amer Hasan and Lant Pritchett
World Bank, World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 544 (27,611)
Citation 9

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primary school, poverty, millenium development goals, school completion, school enrollment

3.

Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data or Tears: With an Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1994
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 540 (37,223)
Citation 102

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The Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Attainment: Demographic and Health Survey Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1980
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 409 (49,667)
Citation 10

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Child Mortality and Public Spending on Health: How Much Does Money Matter?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1864
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 393 (55,846)
Citation 20

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Educational Attainment in Developing Countries: New Estimates and Projections Disaggregated by Gender

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1489
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Vinod Ahuja and Deon Filmer
University of Maryland - College of Agriculture & Natural Resources and World Bank
Downloads 366 (52,464)
Citation 10

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What Educational Production Functions Really Show: A Positive Theory of Education Spending

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1795
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Lant Pritchett and Deon Filmer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and World Bank
Downloads 321 (66,980)
Citation 29

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Health Policy in Poor Countries: Weak Links in the Chain

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1874
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer, Jeffrey S. Hammer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 272 (88,714)
Citation 49

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Getting Girls into School: Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3910
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Norbert Schady and Deon Filmer
World Bank - Development Research Group and World Bank
Downloads 192 (117,684)
Citation 15

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Primary Education, Education For All, Access to Finance, Tertiary Education

10.

Does Indonesia Have a "Low-Pay" Civil Service?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2621
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and David L. Lindauer
World Bank and Wellesley College - Department of Economics
Downloads 182 (127,361)
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If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3340
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer
World Bank
Downloads 173 (115,483)
Citation 7

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Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Developing Countries: Results from 11 Household Surveys

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3794
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jan 2006
Deon Filmer
World Bank
Downloads 172 (86,998)
Citation 6

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13.

Assessing Asset Indices

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4605
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Kinnon Scott
World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 170 (122,699)
Citation 2

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Population Policies, Poverty Assessment, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Inequality, Labor Markets, Health Indicators

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Poverty, AIDS, and Children's Schooling: A Targeting Dilemma

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2885
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Martha Ainsworth
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads 169 (127,971)
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Autonomy, Participation, and Learning in Argentine Schools: Findings and Their Implications for Decentralization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2766
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Gunnar S. Eskeland
World Bank and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Business and Management Science
Downloads 168 (142,768)
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16.

Estimating the World at Work

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1488
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer
World Bank
Downloads 146 (160,618)
Citation 1

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Own and Sibling Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5001
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group
Downloads 140 (127,361)
Citation 5

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Access to Finance, Primary Education, Education For All, Tertiary Education, Youth and Governance

18.

School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4998
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group
Downloads 117 (163,409)
Citation 7

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Tertiary Education, Education For All, Primary Education, Teaching and Learning, Secondary Education

19.

Development, Modernization, and Son Preference in Fertility Decisions

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4716
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer, Jed Friedman and Norbert Schady
World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group
Downloads 111 (162,443)
Citation 1

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Population Policies, Gender and Development, Gender and Law, Adolescent Health, Primary Education

20.

Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4889
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Kathleen Beegle, Deon Filmer, Andrew Stokes and Lucia Tiererova
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins University
Downloads 103 (203,025)
Citation 2

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Street Children, HIV AIDS, Youth and Governance, Primary Education, Population Policies

21.

Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4999
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group
Downloads 97 (200,461)
Citation 5

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Tertiary Education, Access to Finance, Education For All, Primary Education

22.

Environmental Degradation and the Demand for Children: Searching for the Vicious Circle

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1623
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 71 (229,338)
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23.

Fever and Its Treatment among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2798
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Deon Filmer
World Bank
Downloads 46 (338,622)
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24.

Trends and Socioeconomic Gradients in Adult Mortality Around the Developing World

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5716
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Damien de Walque and Deon Filmer
World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 39 (341,793)

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Population Policies, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Demographics, Statistical & Mathematical Sciences, Early Child and Children's Health

25.

Impact Evaluation of Three Types of Early Childhood Development Interventions in Cambodia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6540
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Adrien Bouguen, Deon Filmer, Karen Macours and Sophie Naudeau
Paris School of Economics (PSE), World Bank, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
Downloads 31 (276,208)

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Primary Education, Educational Sciences, Education For All, Youth and Governance, Adolescent Health

26.

Information, Knowledge and Behavior: Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7233
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pedro Cerdan-Infantes and Deon Filmer
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank
Downloads 19 (315,376)

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Government Policies, Educational Sciences, National Governance, Educational Institutions & Facilities, Youth and Governance, Social Accountability

27.

Incentivizing Schooling for Learning: Evidence on the Impact of Alternative Targeting Approaches

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6541
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Deon Filmer
World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 10 (341,793)
Citation 1

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Tertiary Education, Secondary Education, Teaching and Learning, Primary Education, Education For All

28.

What Do Teachers Know and Do? Does it Matter? Evidence from Primary Schools in Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7956
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jan 2017
Tessa Bold, Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molinad, Christophe Rockmore, Brian Stacy, Jakob Svensson and Waly Wane
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and World Bank
Downloads 0 (226,145)

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Democratic Government, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Educational Institutions & Facilities, Educational Sciences, Educational Policy and Planning, Effective Schools and Teachers, Educational Policy and Planning - Ministry of Education, Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development, Educational Policy and Planning - Institutional Development, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, De Facto Governments

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Preschools and Early Childhood Development in a Second Best World: Evidence from a Scaled-Up Experiment in Cambodia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10170
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Sep 2014
Adrien Bouguen, Deon Filmer, Karen Macours and Sophie Naudeau
Paris School of Economics (PSE), World Bank, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
Downloads 0 (557,379)

Abstract:

early childhood development, preschools, RCT

30.

Development, Modernization, and Childbearing: The Role of Family Sex Composition

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 371-398, 2009
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Deon Filmer, Jed Friedman and Norbert Schady
World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group

Abstract:

J16, J13, O15

31.

Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Developing Countries: Results from 14 Household Surveys

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 141-163, 2008
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Deon Filmer
World Bank

Abstract:

O15, J14, I32, I20, I10

32.

Weak Links in the Chain II: A Prescription for Health Policy in Poor Countries

World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 47-66, 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Deon Filmer, Jeffrey S. Hammer and Lant Pritchett
World Bank, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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