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Estatura, salud y bienestar en las primeras etapas del crecimiento económico español. Una perspectiva comparada de los niveles de vida
Carrión, José Miguel Martínez - Asociación Española de Historia Económica - AEHE - 2001
The Spaniards stature evolution between 1850 and 1930 as well as the relationships among nutrition, health, and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013894
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The Effects of the War in Iraq on Nutrition and Health: An Analysis Using Anthropometric Outcomes of Children
Guerrero Serdan, Gabriela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031398
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Childhood Health and Labor Market Outcomes in the Case of Type 1 Diabetes
Persson, Sofie; Dahlquist, Gisela; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; … - 2014
health and socioeconomic status is partly explained by a gradient that runs from health to earnings, rather than the other …This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an … instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208710
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Childhood Health and Labor Market Outcomes in the Case of Type 1 Diabetes
Persson, Sofie; Dahlquist, Gisela; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2014
health and socioeconomic status is partly explained by a gradient that runs from health to earnings, rather than the other …This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an … instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096115
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Free School Meals and Demand for Community Food Resources
Ozturk, Orgul; Pekgun, Pelin; Ruffini, Krista - 2021
Many community organizations provide services similar to government income assistance programs but there is little empirical evidence on how these systems interact. We examine how greater access to government nutritional aid through free school meals affects local food bank utilization by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214402
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In-kind government assistance and crowd-out of charitable services : evidence from free school meals
Ruffini, Krista; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Pekgün, Pelin - 2023
Many community organizations provide services similar to government programs, but there is limited evidence how increased government assistance affects the use of charitable services. We examine how greater access to federal nutritional aid through schoolwide free meal programs affects food bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427923
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Why Banning the Worst Forms of Child Labour Would Hurt Poor Countries
Dessy, Sylvain; Pallage, Stephane - Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Fluctuations … - 2001
Although it is intuitive and morally compelling that the worst forms of child labour should be eliminated, banning them in poor countries is unlikely to be welfare improving and can come at the expense of human capital accumulation. We show that the existence of harmful forms of child labour, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827159
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Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations
Deaton, Angus; Drèze, Jean - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
basic facts about growth, poverty and nutrition in India, it points to a number of puzzles, and it sketches a preliminary … health environment. If correct, this analysis does not imply that Indians are currently adequately nourished; nothing could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548103
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Height, Health and Cognitive Function at Older Ages
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
health and economic outcomes at older ages. Nutrition in utero and in infancy may set the stage for the chronic disease …Research across a number of disciplines has highlighted the role of early life health and circumstance in determining …). Childhood health may also have significant effects on economic outcomes in adulthood. Collectively, a set of childhood health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738493
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Why Banning the Worst Forms of Child Labour Would Hurt Poor Countries
Dessy, Sylvain; Pallage, Stéphane - Département d'Économique, Université Laval - 2001
Although it is intuitive and morally compelling that the worst forms of child labour should be eliminated, banning them in poor countries is unlikely to be welfare improving and can come at the expense of human capital accumulation. We show that the existence of harmful forms of child labour, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696402