Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries

Nazmul Chaudhury; Jeffrey Hammer; Michael Kremer; Karthik Muralidharan; F Halsey Rogers

doi:10.1257/089533006776526058

Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries

J Econ Perspect. 2006 Winter;20(1):91-116. doi: 10.1257/089533006776526058.

Authors

Nazmul Chaudhury¹, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan, F Halsey Rogers

Affiliation

¹ South Asia Human Development, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA.

PMID: 17162836
DOI: 10.1257/089533006776526058

Abstract

In this paper, we report results from surveys in which enumerators make unannounced visits to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru and Uganda and recorded whether they found teachers and health workers in the facilities.

MeSH terms

Absenteeism*
Developing Countries
Faculty* / statistics & numerical data
Health Personnel* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Income / statistics & numerical data
Observation / methods
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic