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Anatomy of a health scare : education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK

Anderberg, Dan (contributor); Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2009

One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short period, some publicized research suggested that the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868137

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and early child outcomes

Tominey, Emma (contributor) - 2007

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The surprisingly dire situation of children's education in rural West Africa : results from the CREO study in Guinea-Bissau

Boone, Peter David; Fazzio, Ila; Jandhyala, Kameshwari; … - 2013

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Saving and learning : theory and evidence from saving for child’s college

Zhu, Junyi - 2012

This paper analyzes the main uncertainty of college saving - the child’s ability - in the context of the saving with … child’s ability. The model infers that, with enough time spent learning, information can improve parents’ welfare. This can … status and the child’s true ability. Next, I test the implications of the model from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics/Child …