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Buddelmeyer, Hielke - 2015

We use longitudinal data describing couples in Australia from 2001-12 and Germany from 2002-12 to examine how …

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Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using...

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Finance and Children’s Academic Performance

Hu, Qing - 2020

What is the impact of regulatory reforms that enhance credit market efficiency on children's human capital? Using a parent-child panel dataset, we find that such reforms reduced children's academic performance in low-income families. Consistent with the view that financial development entices...

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2009

female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases …

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Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India

Oster, Emily - 2006

inequality in those health investments in India. A simple theory of gender-biased parental investment suggests that gender … relationship between gender balance in vaccinations and the availability of "Health Camps" in India. I find support for a non …

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Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development : Experimental Evidence from India

Ganimian, Alejandro J.; Muralidharan, Karthik; Walters, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

worker focused on pre-school education (for children aged 3-5) in the world's largest public early-childhood program: India …

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Age of Marriage, Weather Shocks, and the Direction of Marriage Payments

Corno, Lucia - 2017

particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, where substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with … marriage: bride price across Sub-Saharan Africa and dowry in India. In a simple equilibrium model of the marriage market in … two regions: in Sub-Saharan Africa, they increase the annual hazard into child marriage by 3%, while in India droughts …

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Keepin' 'em Down on the Farm : Migration and Strategic Investment in Children's Schooling

Jensen, Robert - 2017

In rural areas of most developing countries, intergenerational coresidence is both widespread and an important determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on the family farm or provide care and assistance around...

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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India

Attanasio, Orazio - 2015

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …

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Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2015

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …

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