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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 (14,703)
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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 (27,147)
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primary school, poverty, millenium development goals, school completion, school enrollment

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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 (40,627)
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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 (52,814)
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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 (56,659)
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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 (50,913)
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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 (70,514)
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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 (95,541)
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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 (124,473)
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Primary Education, Education For All, Access to Finance, Tertiary Education

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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 (136,818)
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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 (122,828)
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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 (86,097)
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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 (131,349)
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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 (139,432)
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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 (153,081)
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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
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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 (135,556)
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Access to Finance, Primary Education, Education For All, Tertiary Education, Youth and Governance

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

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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 (161,059)
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Population Policies, Gender and Development, Gender and Law, Adolescent Health, Primary Education

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

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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 (209,332)
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Tertiary Education, Access to Finance, Education For All, Primary Education

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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 (238,137)
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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 (367,112)
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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 (367,112)

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

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

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

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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 (351,470)
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Tertiary Education, Secondary Education, Teaching and Learning, Primary Education, Education For All

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The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning in Africa

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12956
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Jun 2018
Tessa Bold, Ezequiel Molina, Deon Filmer and Jakob Svensson
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), World Bank, World Bank and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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education production function, Human Capital

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General Equilibrium Effects of Targeted Cash Transfers: Nutrition Impacts on Non-Beneficiary Children

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8377
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Mar 2018
Deon Filmer, Jed Friedman, Eeshani Kandpal and Junko Onishi
World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank
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Services & Transfers to Poor, Access of Poor to Social Services, Economic Assistance, Disability, Early Child and Children's Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Health Care Services Industry, Inequality

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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 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Tessa Bold, Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molina, 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
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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)
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early childhood development, preschools, RCT

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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

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J16, J13, O15

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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

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O15, J14, I32, I20, I10

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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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