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In this paper, I summarize the results of empirical studies in the areas of schooling and health, public programs and … neutral with respect to the question of whether the government should pursue policies to improve the health of its citizens …. But it calls attention to the consequences with respect to health of alternative decisions by policy makers …
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This paper reviews the evidence regarding the main trends in the height of the British population since the early eighteenth century. We argue that the average heights of successive birth cohorts of British males increased slowly between the middle of the eighteenth century and the first quarter...
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participation, labour supply, wages, income distribution, profit rates, capital ownership, etc.; examines nutrition, education and … health as factors influencing productivity. Diagram, graph, references, statistical tables. …
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disparities in the impact on household income, access to education and health status of expenditure on rural area infrastructure …ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper analyzing trends in public expenditure on rural development, education and … health services to satisfy basic needs in Ecuador from 1970 to 1980 - considers the socioeconomic disparities and rural urban …
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education and marital status though the marital effects are much weaker when we condition for prior health. These effects … health conditioned on prior health as well as the more usual unconditioned estimates. We find that health is related to … in the state of poor health rather than dying …
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-economic effects in terms of living standards, education, health, and gender equality, which appear to be unprecedented in depth and …The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This article provides an interim …, and for the institutions of international governance, given the likelihood of future pandemics and other major shocks (e …
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models two existing hypotheses on the correlation between health and education. The estimation results strongly support the … interdependence between health and education. In particular, the estimated model indicates that an individual's education, health …'s education by 1.4 years. Policy experiments indicate that a health expenditure subsidy would have a larger impact on educational …
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-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. I pay a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health …I explore the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Examples of … over time, own (adult) health and inputs into the production of own health, fertility, and child quality or well …
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adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult health and earnings, using data …, educations and social status, that children who experience poor health have significantly lower educational attainment, and …
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Outlines the present state of the labour market, the mechanisms available to support the attainment of full, productive and decent employment, and examines critically the institutions, processes and capacity of the market as well as the manner of their interaction.
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