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Battling Infection, Fighting Stagnation

Chakraborty, Shankha; Papageorgiou, Chris (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2010-09)

Why are some countries mired in poverty and ill health? Can policy facilitate their transition to sustained growth and better living standards? We offer answers using a dynamic model of disease and development. Endogenous ...
Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth

Chakraborty, Shankha (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2002-01-26)

Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate living conditions. This paper considers the possibility that persistent poverty may arise, in turn, from a ...
Mortality, fertility, and child labor

Chakraborty, Shankha; Das, Mausumi (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-12)

We discuss how child labor problems may persist in developing countries when adult mortality risks are endogenous. Children provide current consumption through child labor and future consumption via an informal social ...