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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...
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Economic gains for US states from educational reform
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth regressions that incorporate worker skills. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405723
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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability
Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023
effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our …
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Nineteenth century white physical activity and calories : socioeconomic status and diets
Carson, Scott Alan - 2014
expectancy increased at the same time that nutrition decreased, indicating that the most important source of increased life … expectancy was not improved nutrition. Physically active farmers had greater BMRs and received more calories per day than workers … in other occupations. White diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and whites in the rural Deep South …
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Nineteenth century black and mulatto physical activity, calories, and life expectancy
Carson, Scott Alan - 2014
rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition … expectancy was not likely due to improved nutrition. Physically active farmers had greater BMRs and received more calories per … day than workers in other occupations. Black diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and rural blacks in the …
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The decline in the nutritional status of the U.S. antebellum population at the onset of modern economic growth
A'Hearn, Brian; Komlos, John - 2015
The decline in the physical stature of the American population for more than a generation beginning with the birth cohorts of the early 1830s was brought about by a diminution in nutritional intake in spite of robust growth in average incomes. This occurred at the onset of modern economic growth...
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Physiological constraints and comparative economic development
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - 2017
nutrition of their offspring. In this setting we demonstrate that relatively high metabolic costs of fertility, which may have …
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Droughts and malnutrition in Africa
Fingado, Nora; Poelhekke, Steven - 2023
How costly are droughts to individuals' nutrition in Africa? We measure severe droughts using a detailed satellite …
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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education
Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023
We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking …
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The effect of health insurance on child nutritional outcomes : evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Peru
Bernal, Noelia; Costa-Font, Joan; Ritter, Patricia - 2022
-random variation from an insurance expansion targeted at poor households in Peru to investigate its effects on nutrition related …
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