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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and early child outcomes
Tominey, Emma - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We estimate the harm from smoking during pregnancy upon child birth outcomes, using a rich dataset on a cohort of mothers and their births. We exploit a fixed effects approach to disentangle the correlation between smoking and birth weight from the causal effect. We find that, despite a detailed...
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Do income gradients in unhealthy behaviours explain patterns of health inequalities?
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
examining how the existence of income-related inequalities in unhealthy behaviours and more specifically, obesity (as a proxy … with self-reported measures of lifestyle and the measurement of income related inequalities in lifestyle factors across … countries. The results document the persistence of income inequalities in obesity and tobacco use, which disproportionately …
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Health supplier quality and the distribution of child health
Propper, Carol; Rigg, John A.; Burgess, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between the health of poor and more affluent children in the UK do not widen over early childhood. One reason may be that through the universal public funded health care system all children have access to equally effective primary...
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Multidimensional poverty and the state of child health in India
Mohanty, Sanjay K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
Using data from the National Family and Health Survey 3, India, this paper measures and validates the extent of multidimensional poverty and examines the linkages of poverty level with child health in India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the domain of education, health and living...
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Fertility, education and development: further evidence from India
Dreze, Jean; Murthi, Mamta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1981 and 1991. We find that women's education is the most important factor...
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Violence and birth outcomes: evidence from homicides in Brazil
Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux; Manacorda, Marco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates shows that exposure to violence during the first trimester of...
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The impact of low income on child health: evidence from a birth cohort study
Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Rigg, John A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
There is a growing literature that shows that higher family income is associated with better health for children …. Wealthier parents may have more advantaged children because they have more income to buy health care or because parental wealth … is associated with beneficial behaviours or because parental health is associated with both income and children¿s health …
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Understanding the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes: a decomposition analysis
Gregg, Paul; Propper, Carol; Washbrook, Elizabeth - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
In this paper we explore the association between family income and children’s cognitive ability (IQ and school … characteristics and home environments of low income children in accounting for different outcomes. Using rich cohort data from the UK … psychological functioning. We also find some some aspects of the environment of higher income households hinder child development …
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How mental illness loses out in the NHS
London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Mental illness accounts for a massive share of the total burden of disease. Even when we include the burden of premature death mental illness accounts for 23% of the total burden of disease. Yet, despite the existence of cost-effective treatments, it receives only 13% of NHS health expenditure....
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Improving access to psychological therapy: initial evaluation of the two demonstration sites
Clark, David M.; Layard, Richard; Smithies, Rachel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
The Government’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) programme aims to implement NICE Guidance for people with depression and anxiety disorders. In the first phase of the programme, two demonstration sites were established in Doncaster and Newham with funding to provide increased...
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