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This paper reexamines differences found between income gradients in American and English children's health, in results … the same time period, the income gradient in children's health increases with age by the same amount in the two countries …. In addition, we find that Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price's measures of chronic conditions from the Health Survey of …
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In this paper I use a cross country data set to analyze the relationship between trade orientation, trade distortions and growth. I first develop a simple endogenous growth model that emphasizes the process of technological absorption in small developing countries. According to this model...
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This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …
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An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …
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an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …
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This paper forecasts the life-cycle treatment effects on health of a high-quality early childhood program. Our …
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We use data from the Whitehall II study to examine the potential role played by early-life health and circumstances in … determining health and employment status in middle and older ages. The population from which the Whitehall II cohort was drawn …-life conditions based on the Whitehall II cohort provide a lower bound on the effect of early-life circumstances on adult health and …
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We examine the consequences of childhood health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker … of health in childhood. After reviewing previous evidence, we present a conceptual framework that highlights data … height and a range of outcomes, including schooling, employment, earnings, health and cognitive ability, using data collected …
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It has long been recognized that taller adults hold jobs of higher status and, on average, earn more than other workers. A large number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the association between height and earnings. In developed countries, researchers have emphasized factors such as...
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Understanding whether the gradient in children's health becomes steeper with age is an important first step in … uncovering the mechanisms that connect economic and health status, and in recommending sensible interventions to protect children …'s health. To that end, this paper examines why two sets of authors, Chen et al (2006) and Case et al (2002), using data from …
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