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developing world, namely the likelihood of continued childbearing given the gender composition of existing children in the family … that latent son preference in childbearing is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of … wellbeing if there are quantity-quality trade-offs that result in fewer material and emotional resources allocated to children …
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"Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the...
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' behavior, the authors examine fertility decisions made in Vietnam between 1976 and 1996. They find that birth cohorts in … auspicious years are significantly larger than in other years. Children born in auspicious years moreover do better both in … health and education. While parental characteristics seem to affect fertility choices and human development simultaneously …
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? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they …
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decision-makers on the optimal design of policies to help reduce premature deaths and illness in children under five years of … age. To protect the health, development, and wellbeing of young children, decision-makers must identify and reduce … advance the understanding of what those risk factors are, when and how to reduce children's exposure to them, and how to …
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Young children everywhere need sufficient nutrition and stimulation to grow and develop appropriately. A healthy …, diverse diet and a supportive caregiving environment can help children grow and develop in their early years, and also make … children more likely to succeed later in life. Across low income countries, however, hundreds of millions of children don’t get …
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