This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’s decisions to engage in employment. Using three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact of war on women’s employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women’s employment probabilities were substantially highe...

This paper addresses the problem of model misspecification bias when estimating cohort-level determinants of child height-for-age zscore (HAZ) using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). I show that the combination of DHS survey design and the biological realities of child health in developing countries create an artifact that can strongly bias regression estimates when identifica...

The paper compares measures of socio-economic inequality between population groups in Ghana and Nigeria using nationally representative survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). In particular, the paper focuses attention on the politically salient north-south divide. Different dimensions of inequality such as education, employment, household wealth and child mortality as well a...

abstract theories of behavior consumer deal with human behaviors as a being with will and purpose, so they are based on specific assumptions about the human nature and fundamentals of decision making. these assumptions often have ideological roots in different value systems consequently they are different in various these systems. the aim of this paper is to investigate these assumptions in the...

Measuring and predicting compliance with tax obligations is an important but challenging task. Survey data from California smokers show that several forms of avoidance evasion were common. The analysis shows 43% avoided taxes by purchasing cigarettes out-of-state sources in the past year, 15% admitted to evading through cross-border purchases, 26% reported likely or certainly untaxed state mont...

This study aims to find out the influence of financial literacy and demographic factors such as gender, generation year income on student investment decisions at Faculty Economics Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University. Respondents this numbered 100 students from FE UST class 2017 2020. The method used in research uses quantitative methods. While data analysis used, among others descriptive analys...

While behavioral and social sciences occupations comprise one of the largest portions of the "STEM" workforce, most studies of diversity in STEM overlook this population, focusing instead on fields such as biomedical or physical sciences. This study evaluates major demographic trends and productivity in the behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) workforce in the United States during the...

Population-level behavior change requires information and new ideas that spread beyond the confines of targeted beneficiaries of programmatic interventions. Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from two countries (Bolivia and Madagascar), we examine mothers’ ability to correctly respond to the question regarding whether a child with diarrhea should be given more fluids, the same amou...

The present chapter provides an overview of the main procedures followed in the international Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme in the execution of large-scale household and individual surveys. It provides an overview of the general content of the surveys, the sampling procedures, response rates and design effects, as well as a description of the procedures and approaches followed ...