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Social Protection Beyond the Bottom Billion
Murphy, Susan - 2014
Most conceptualisations of the bottom billion assume that "the poor" are a minority group in a state of continuous dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately...
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The Welfare State and Anti-Poverty Policy in Rich Countries
Marx, Ive - 2014
This paper is prepared as a chapter for the Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, forthcoming). Like the other chapters in the volume (and its predecessor), the aim is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area...
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The First World War and Working-Class Food Consumption in Britain
Gazeley, Ian - 2010
In this paper we reassess the food consumption and dietary impact of the regimes of food and food price control and eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner Committee was convened to investigate into effects of these...
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Urban-Rural Disparities of Child Health and Nutritional Status in China from 1989 to 2006
Liu, Hong - 2012
Nutrition Survey data from 1989 to 2006. We investigate degrees of health and nutritional disparities between urban and rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106651
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Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling : Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake
Bustelo, Monserrat - 2013
This paper studies the impact of the 1999 Colombian Earthquake on child nutrition and schooling. The identification … earthquake on child nutrition and schooling in the short-term. Relevantly, amid the aid received by the affected area, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091535
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The Transformation of Hunger Revisited
Gazeley, Ian - 2014
We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064298
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Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success : Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Greve, Jane - 2015
This paper examines the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the academic proficiency of Muslim students in Denmark. We account for the endogeneity of fetal malnutrition by using the exposure to the month of Ramadan during time in utero as a natural experiment, under the assumption that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015026
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Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition : Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng - 2014
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057035
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Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
Giles, John - 2014
In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997-1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program...
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