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Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition : Evidence from the Greek Famine
Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - 2021
-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero …, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that adverse outcomes due to the famine are largest for infants. Further, in … our regression analysis we exploit the fact that the famine was more severe in urban than in rural areas. Consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316222
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Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine
Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - CESifo - 2010
-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero …, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that adverse outcomes due to the famine are largest for infants. Further, in … our regression analysis we exploit the fact that the famine was more severe in urban than in rural areas. Consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583697
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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853849
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Malthus in the Bedroom : Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
Cinnirella, Francesco - 2016
We use duration models on a well-known historical dataset of more than 15,000 families and 60,000 births in England for the period 1540–1850 to show that the sampled families adjusted the timing of their births in accordance with the economic conditions as well as their stock of dependent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977554
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011
Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children's skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118501
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Physiological Constraints and Comparative Economic Development
Dalgaard, Carl‐Johan - 2018
It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the “latitude gradient”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927736
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The Influence of Child Care on Maternal Health and Mother-Child Interaction
Kroell, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - 2021
In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The present paper is concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not. Furthermore, the effects of formal child care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315753
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Relationship between Maternal Behavior During Pregnancy, Birth Outcome, and Early Childhood Development : An Exploratory Study
Li, Kai; Poirier, Dale J. - 2021
This study examines the relationship between maternal behavior during pregnancy, birth outcomes, and early childhood development. Specifically, in the context of four measures of maternal behavior during pregnancy (maternal smoking, drinking, prenatal care, and maternal weight gain), three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319970
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The Influence of Child Care on Maternal Health and Mother-Child Interaction
Kröll, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - CESifo - 2013
In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The present paper is concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not. Furthermore, the effects of formal child care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877711
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - CESifo - 2011
Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children’s skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367395