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HIV and Fertility in Africa: First Evidence from Population Based Surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines …, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A … recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that similar to the "Black Death" episode in Europe, HIV/AIDS will actually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517970
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Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health: Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in "surviving fertility" persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279322
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Family Planning as an Investment in Development: Evaluation of a Program’s Consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
decline in fertility of about 15 percent in the program villages compared with the control villages by 1982, as others have … estimated in addition to fertility: women’s health, earnings and household assets, use of preventive health inputs, and finally … fertility and child mortality. This suggests social returns to this reproductive health program in rural South Asia have many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822989
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395428
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Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children
Akresh, Richard; Verwimp, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children’s health several years after the shock. We calculate height for age z-scores for children under age five using data from a Rwandan nationally representative household survey conducted in 1992. We exploit district and time variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703096
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763893
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Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict
Akresh, Richard; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Thirumurthy, Harsha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This is the first paper using household survey data from two countries involved in an international war (Eritrea and Ethiopia) to measure the conflict’s impact on children's health in both nations. The identification strategy uses event data to exploit exogenous variation in the conflict's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868141
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Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
verwimp, philip; Bundervoet, Tom; Akresh, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We combine household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the war’s timing across provinces and the exposure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762148
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The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Galdo, Jose - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This study exploits district-level variation in the timing and intensity of civil war violence to investigate whether early-life exposure to civil wars affects labor-market outcomes later in life. In particular, we examine the impacts of armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557220
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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some?
Millimet, Daniel L.; Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship − particularly on child health − is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses the quantity-quality trade-off across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999935