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effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …
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, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …
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endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off between the quantity and quality of their children is augmented with …This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with …
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Using Ramadan fasting as a natural experiment, we estimate the long-run impacts of in-utero health and nutrition shocks on adult outcomes. We exploit administrative tax return data comprising the universe of income tax returns filed in Pakistan during 2007–2009. The data allow us to link...
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parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …
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This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …
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evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development … monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county …
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distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …
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-region growth model with endogenous fertility, in which public knowledge spillovers from the more advanced core into children …
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relocate to new labor markets, individuals in the middle of their careers reduce fertility and adjust family formation …
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