ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS • Research Assistant, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, (1968-1969) • Faculty, Department of Economics, Stanford University, (1969present) • Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, (1966-1967) • Fellow, Econometric Society, (1993-1993) • Fellow, University College, University of London, (2001-2001) • Fellow, Society of Labor Econom...

OBJECTIVE To identify the effects of decentralization on health financing and governance policies in Mexico from the perspective of users and providers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in four states that were selected according to geopolitical and administrative criteria. Four indicators were assessed: changes and effects on governance, financing sources and funds, the final ...

Background Fiscal Decentralization (FD) in many cases is encouraged as a strong means of improving the efficiency and equity in the provision of public goods, such as healthcare services. This issue has urged the researchers to experimentally examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization indicators and health outcomes. In this study we examine the effect of Fiscal Decentralization in...

This thesis analyzes the state of educational decentralization in Vietnam with the purpose to analyze how education has been decentralized in Vietnam; and if it has been in accordance with the purpose of the international development institution present in Vietnam. The thesis presents a theoretical framework over public decentralization and educational decentralization. The theoretical framewor...

In 2014, Israel adopted asymmetric decentralization by granting different degrees of autonomy to local governments according their fiscal and administrative performances. Employing a quasi-experimental research design on panel Israeli observed between 2010 2017, we analyse the impact performances with autonomies. The findings suggest that in enhanced share own-source revenues tax collection lev...

The past decades have witnessed a number of informal land developments on the urban fringe in China although many strict state regulations have been made to control this. The dual urban rural land system is widely believed to be one major determinant of informal developments in the existing literature. However, the important role of local villages and townships are often neglected. This paper a...

In 1987, district health care policies were officially adopted by a majority of developing countries. Many operational problems constraining implementation of such policies have subsequently been identified, most of which are attributable to well-known characteristics of less developed countries. However, the policy of operational and administrative decentralization has often been critically ob...