Philip H Brown

Biographic Data

ID3710168
NAMEPhilip H Brown
GIVEN NAMESPhilip H
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN P H
AFFILIATIONSGeoSource Capital
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS46
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX4

  • Alternative class ranks using z -scores

    Philip Brown, Philip H Brown et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2012

    Grades at US colleges and universities have increased precipitously over the last 50 years, suggesting that their signalling power has become attenuated. Moreover, average grades have risen disproportionately in some departments, implying that weak students in departments with high grades may obtain better class ranks than strong students in departments with low grades. Using a unique data set, we show that Colby College has experienced both tren…

  • Hydropower Development and Resettlement Policy on China's Nu River

    Philip Brown, Philip H Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary China2010Cited by: 5References: 1

    Hydropower represents an important alternative form of energy in China, a country that currently uses coal to supply 78 % of its electricity. However, evidence from large hydropower projects in China show that the socio-economic and environmental costs of hydropower development are substantial. Construction on the first of the 13 planned dams on the Nu River began in the summer of 2008, and villages are already beginning to be displaced. Based on…

  • Poverty and Inequality Among Ethnic Groups in Chile

    Open AccessClaudio A Agostini, Philip Brown et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2010Cited by: 12References: 5

  • Positional spending and status seeking in rural China

    Open AccessPhilip Brown, Philip H Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2010Cited by: 18References: 13

  • Estimando Indigencia y Pobreza Indígena Regional con Datos Censales y Encuestas de Hogares

    Open AccessClaudio A Agostini, Philip Brown et al.ARTICLECuadernos de Economía2010Cited by: 2

    While indigenous Chileans are believed to experience higher poverty rates than non-indigenous Chileans, evidence is typically based on surveys that are not representative by ethnicity.We adapt poverty mapping methodologies to estimate poverty and poverty gaps for eight indigenous groups more precisely.We find that indigenous people experience higher rates of poverty and also greater depth of poverty.These results hold within regions, suggesting t…

  • Parental Education and Investment in Children's Human Capital in Rural China

    Philip Brown, Philip H BrownARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2006Cited by: 9References: 22

    Numerous empirical studies from developing countries have noted that parental education has a robust and positive effect on child learning, a result that is often attributed to more educated parents making greater investments in their children’s human capital. However, the nature of any such investment has not been well understood. This study examines how parental education affects various parental investments in goods and time used in children’s…

  • Education and poverty in rural China

    Open AccessPhilip Brown, Philip H Brown et al.ARTICLEEconomics of Education Review2002