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School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India
Dercon, Stefan; Park, Albert; Singh, Abhijeet - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses …
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Measuring the Transformation of the European Economies: Income, Health and Welfare
Floud, Roderick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984
the causes and effects of long-term changes in the health of the European populations. The paper surveys methods which had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666852
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Unemployment, Health and Welfare During the Depression
Webster, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985
Were cash benefits and welfare services available to the unemployed sufficient to protect them from ill-health? Recent …, confidential reports of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education, to point out that expert witnesses were increasingly …
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The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health outcomes. We find that child-mortality patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016242
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Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility: A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
about fertility, education of their children and the type and intensity of the investments in their own education. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661558
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Water Nationalization: network access, water quality, and health outcomes
Borraz, Fernando; González, Nicolás; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
, water quality, and health outcomes of Uruguay's nationalization of water services. An important advantage of focusing on …
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Do Prices and Attributes Explain International Differences in Food Purchases?
Dubois, Pierre; Griffith, Rachel; Nevo, Aviv - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the UK to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients, and (iii) simulate counterfactual choices if households faced prices and nutritional...
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Shopping around? How households adjusted food spending over the Great Recession
Griffith, Rachel; O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Over the Great Recession real wages stagnated and unemployment increased. Concurrently, food prices rose sharply, outstripping growth in food expenditure, and leading to a reduction in calories purchased. This has led to concern about rising food poverty. We study British households to assess...
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The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants
Atkin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Anthropologists have long documented substantial and persistent differences across social groups in the preferences and taboos for particular foods. One natural question to ask is whether such food cultures matter in an economic sense. In particular, can culture constrain caloric intake and...
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