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importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother's education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the …, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly … cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …
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on total energy expenditure. In addition, the 10 percent decline in the population share of children in the period raised … employment surveys are used to estimate the separate components of total energy expenditure related to metabolism and physical … average total energy expenditures considerably as children have much lower metabolic requirements and activity levels than …
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It has been argued that since 2014, under the BJP-led central government, welfare benefits in India have become better …
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Using rural household survey data from West Bengal, we find that voters respond positively to excludable government welfare benefits but not to local public good programs, while reporting having benefited from both. Consistent with these voting patterns, shocks to electoral competition induced...
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. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more working-age adults are likely to grow faster than cities with more children … ratios, that is, with more children and/or seniors per working-age adult, grow significantly slower. Such effects are … particularly pronounced for cities with high shares of children. This result appears to be driven mainly by the direct, negative …
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challenges and offers policy recommendations to ensure inclusivity in education for children with disabilities …This study seeks to examine gender gaps and disability issues in education in Indonesia, and to suggest policy actions … outcomes and educational achievement for all children. Secondary data analysis shows that Indonesia has demonstrated great …
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in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data for children ages six to nine years in …-a difference of 8 to 10 percentage points-for children ages six to seven. It is also strong in rural areas. The results are …
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