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The nutritional returns to parental education:

Alderman, Harold; Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

analysis of child growth data for approximately 99,000 children in 19 countries with some of the highest burdens of …

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Whose education matters in the determination of household income

Jolliffe, Dean - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997

-level income functions. The accepted practice in the literature is to use the education level of the household head. This paper … the household is a better explanatory variable of household income. Least absolute deviations (LAD) estimators and … censored least absolute deviations (CLAD) estimators are used to predict income. Standard errors, which are robust to …

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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate …

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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report

Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Womenâ€™s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Governmentâ€™s Feed the...

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How effective are food-for-education programs?:

Adelman, Sarah W.; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Lehrer, Kim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Trade liberalization and children: Understanding and coping with children's vulnerabilities

Escobal, Javier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults:

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Studies have shown that malnourished children in developing countries score lower on tests of cognitive function and …

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Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas

Ersado, Lire - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …

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The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults:

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on early childhood nut ition on education in developing countries by (1) using unique longitudinal data from a nutritional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997358

Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas

Ersado, Lire - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997372