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relationship between three measures of health- and education-related human capital of children and the distribution of resources … income and wealth from both coresident and non co-resident family members. …
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There is lack of clarity and concepts in the Economic Survey. The Survey has not covered many topics which it was expected to cover.
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associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult …
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intergenerational correlations in health could play a role in the intergenerational transmission of income. Parent's income affects … addresses the question of whether inter-generational correlations in health contribute to the perpetuation of economic status …. We examine inter-generational correlations in birth weight, a key indicator of the health of newborns that we link to …
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Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between … childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height … shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may be correlated with health conditions and socio-economic status from …
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We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...
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Boosting women’s relative control of income and other economic resources has so many consequences that positively …
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health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life …People in poor countries live shorter lives than people in rich countries so that, if we scale income by some index of … expectancy decreased for many years after 1945, and the strong correlation between income and life-expectancy might lead us to …
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In this article hard realities of people’s health in India today, and some of the maladies of recent health policies … are examined. This is followed by core recommendations to strengthen and reorient the health system so as to ensure … quality health care for all. The political parties can include these in their election manifestos for the upcoming general …
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Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …
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