The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship (US)
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The Hewlett/IIE Dissertation Fellowship will stimulate and define an interdisciplinary field of research that crosses the health-economics divide. The primary outcomes in the analysis should be economic. Listed below are examples of specific research questions that could fulfill program objectives. These examples are not intended to be comprehensive.
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES: How do reproductive health outcomes affect economic outcomes at the individual and household levels? Outcomes of interest could include:
Labor: productivity, labor force participation.
Savings: savings behavior of women, children, and households.
Sectoral investments: for adolescents or adult women.
Education: investments in male or female education and expected returns.
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSES: How will projected trends in fertility, mortality, and migration affect economic
growth and income distribution and the incidence of poverty? Linkages of interest could include:
Policy variables, such as those influencing labor force participation and savings, and their effect on the relationships among population change, economic growth, and the incidence of poverty.
Fertility and mortality impacts on growth and poverty.
National and regional level modeling of how reproductive health investments in sub-Saharan Africa relate to labor supply and savings.
