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Does universalization of healthwork? : evidence from health systems restructuring and expansion in Brazil

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019

and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of …

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Poverty and survival

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

. -- poverty ; income ; inequality ; infant mortality ; India ; economic reform ; state health expenditure ; panel data …

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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2021

We provide estimates of impacts on maternal mortality of swings in US aid for family planning and maternal health … the average worldwide decline in maternal mortality achieved since 1990. …

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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments

Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016

gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …

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The twin instrument : fertility and human capital investment

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018

Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However recent work shows positive selection of women into twin birth. Thus, while OLS estimates will tend to be downward biased, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is...

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Maternal mortality and women's political participation

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2020

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Urban water disinfection and mortality decline in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Díaz Cayeros, Alberto; Miller, Grant; … - 2017

Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline …

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The trade-off between fertility and education : evidence from before the demographic transition

Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

The trade-off between child quantity and education is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. We present first evidence that such a trade-off indeed existed before the demographic transition, exploiting a unique...

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Birth spacing, fertility and neonatal mortality in India : dynamics, frailty and fecundity

Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor); … - 2006

A dynamic panel data model of neonatal mortality and birth spacing is analyzed, accounting for causal effects of birth … spacing on subsequent mortality and of mortality on the length of the next birth interval, while controlling for unobserved … heterogeneity in mortality (frailty) and birth spacing (fecundity). The model is estimated using micro data on almost 30 …

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Health and labor market impacts of twin birth: evidence from a Swedish IVF policy mandate

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2022

IVF allows women to delay birth and pursue careers, but IVF massively increases the risk of twin birth. There is limited evidence of how having twins influences women's post-birth careers. We investigate this, leveraging a single embryo transfer (SET) mandate implemented in Sweden in 2003,...

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