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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2019
We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual linked …
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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender...
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Does universalization of health work? evidence from health systems restructuring and maternal and child health in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodigo R. - 2016
We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571857
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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that their occurrence is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence challenging this premise. Using data on about 18 million births in 72 countries, we find that maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577906
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Maternal investments in children : the role of expected effort and returns
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Delavande, Adeline; Gilabert, … - 2020
and expected returns for outcomes in the cognitive, socio-emotional and health domains, and we show that this contributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182697
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The impact of a personalised blood pressure warning on health outcomes and behaviours
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Delavande, Adeline; Fisher, Paul; … - 2020
In this paper we examine the impact of a tailored health warning on health outcomes. We exploit the design of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167195
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Social protection, poverty and the post-2015 agenda
Fiszbein, Ariel; Kanbur, Ravi; Yemtsov, Ruslan - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765626
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The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't ; an African case study
Grootaert, Christiaan; Kanbur, Ravi; Oh, Gi-taik - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000920024
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Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania
Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Ingelaere, Bert - 2018
urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …. It starts from the observation that migration to towns contributed much more to poverty reduction than migration to … access off-farm employment and exit poverty because they are more nearby. It concludes with a call for greater consideration …
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