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Reducing Mortality When Diseases are Interdependent
(1978-08)
Operational research studies in the area of public health often involve an objective function which predicts morbidity or mortality reduction to be achieved by proposed health programs. These studies often ignore important ...
On the Relationship Between First Occupation and Current Occupational Status
(Sage Publications, 1974)
Characterization of optima in smooth Pareto economic systems
(Elsevier, 1975)
Simple techniques of calculus and geometry are used to study and characterize the optima of pure exchange economies in which the utility functions are smooth but not necessarily convex. It is also shown how one can reduce ...
An Empirical Evaluation of the Two-Gap Model of Development
(1971-11)
The two-gap model of development, popularized especially by Chenery and associates, has been used widely in analyses of foreign aid requirements of less developed countries (LDCs). Despite several criticisms of both the ...
An Application of Control Theory To Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Unemployment
(1972-05)
This paper is designed to be both expository and provocative. It is an attempt to pose the problem of rural-urban migration and urban unemployment as one in optimal control. Since this application is rather unusual, it ...
Labor Relations in Senegal History, Institutions and Perspectives
(1978-01)
This paper reviews the system of labor law in Senegal up to the present, including the provisions of the Labor Code under French rule and the development of trade unionism. The structure and government of the trade unions, ...
On the Problem of Missing Measurements in the Estimation of Economic Relationships
(1978-05)
This paper deals with the problem of estimating the parameters of economic relationships when some of the observations are incomplete but the sample selection rules are not violated. The models considered include classical ...
The Birth of a Bill Market
(1973)
In the economic literature concerning the money and capital markets of less developed countries, one half-truth has persisted, namely that LDC governments face a long and difficult task if they attempt to create bill ...