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work. The increased chore hours could also account for the results on marriage for girls. "--World Bank web site …
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Education Global Practice at the World Bank on the role of law to end child marriage. The discussions took place within the … and social costs of child marriage with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment …
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addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility … response may be induced as children can be used to supplement household income. This paper analyzes three high mortality … positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality …
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and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have …
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, child mortality and others factors that affect these outcomes. To improve data reporting, data collection needs to be …
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"Bold assertions have been made in policy reports and popular articles on the high and increasing enrollment in Pakistani religious schools, commonly known as madrassas. Given the importance placed on the subject by policymakers in Pakistan and those internationally, it is troubling that none of...
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"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon months have lower anthropometric scores compared with...
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