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Gender Equality in Muslim-Majority Countries
Gouda, Moamen; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
Discrimination has been documented against women in Muslim-majority countries. Constitutions differ among Muslim-majority countries. By using women’s rights indicators and exploiting cross-country variation, we find that discrimination against women is more pronounced in countries where Islam...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480466
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Economic Freedom and Religion: An Empirical Investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
There has been much study of the consequences of economic freedom but, outside of the role of political institutions, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic freedom. Our cross-sectional dataset includes 137 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522517
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Biological Well-Being in Late 19th Century Philippines
Bassino, Jean-Pascal; Dovis, Marion; Komlos, John - 2015
height and use province level information for investigating the determinants of biological wellbeing. The results indicate a … decline of more than 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) in the height of soldiers born between the early 1870s and the late 1880s. The … also find that at 159.3 cm (62.7 inches), the average height of soldiers born in the mid-1870s was very short even for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307105
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Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-i-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019
We study the health effects of the spread of democratic institutions and the extension of voting rights in 15 European countries since the middle of the nineteenth century. We employ both cross country and cohort variation in heights and employ a new instrument for democracy and the extension of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052807
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Covid-19 Mortality and Contemporaneous Air Pollution
Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Mahecha, John Gomez; … - 2020
We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314896
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The Health Burden of E-Waste: The Impact of E-Waste Dumping Sites on Child Mortality
Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022
West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a … mortality, for children living in the proximity of the site. Event studies suggest that the negative effects emerge 2-3 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427702
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The Effect of Oil Spills on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Nigeria
Bruederle, Anna; Hodler, Roland - 2017
spills on surviving children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744959
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COVID-19 Mortality and Contemporaneous Air Pollution
Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Mahecha, John Gomez; … - 2021
We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315207
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The Health Burden of E-Waste : The Impact of E-Waste Dumping Sites on Child Mortality
Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022
West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a … mortality, for children living in the proximity of the site. Event studies suggest that the negative effects emerge 2-3 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077189
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Global Air Quality Inequality over 2000-2020
Sager, Lutz - 2024
Air pollution generates vast health burdens and economic costs around the world. Pollution exposure varies greatly, both between countries and within them. But the degree of air quality inequality and its’ trajectory have not been quantified at a global level. I use economic inequality indices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015047252