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Inadequate hygiene during menstruation can have severe consequences, such as adverse health effects, lower educational … health and hygiene explicitly, and relate them to behavior and knowledge. We then provide an information intervention on … menstrual health and hygiene and observe how this changes the perceived social norms. We find that the majority of women report …
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menstrual health. With an educational intervention, we aim to disseminate crucial knowledge on menstrual hygiene practices. Our …Every month, millions of women worldwide face challenges managing their menstrual hygiene, suffering negative impacts … on their health, education, and productivity. Cultural taboos and social norms may contribute to harmful health behaviors …
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Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectionalsample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...
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. Women's BMIs decreased throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which may have implications for the health and …
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demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 …
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When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
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We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …
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Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...
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Merchant guilds have been portrayed as social networks that generated beneficial social capital by sustaining shared norms, effectively transmitting information, and successfully undertaking collective action. This social capital, it is claimed, benefited society as a whole by enabling rulers to...
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This paper analyzes an early modern German economy to test alternative theories about guilds. It finds little evidence to support recent hypotheses arguing that guilds corrected market failures relating to product quality, training, and innovation. But it finds that guilds were social networks...
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