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Recent stagnation in the reduction of infant mortality in India can arguably be attributed to early child bearing practices and the lack of progress in lengthening birth intervals. Meanwhile, family planning efforts have been particularly successful in the southern states such as Andhra Pradesh,...
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Together with three colleagues, I have been asked by the MPIDR to debate the following question: “Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? Setting aside the “lighthearted†side of this “Rostocker Debate,†(12...
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retirement, and also of reaching retirement age in good health and without disability, especially in low-qualified occupations …
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disease and an increase in the proportion of people with multiple conditions. The severity of disability among women with most … diseases has been reduced; among men there has been no reduction in disability. …
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Health expectancies are key indicators for monitoring the health of populations, as well as for informing debates about compression or expansion of morbidity. However, current methodologies for estimating them are not entirely satisfactory. They are either of limited applicability because of...
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