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Raising a new-born child involves not only financial resources, but also time investment from the parents. A time constraint can affect important decisions made by parents at the early stages of an infant's life. One form of investment that is particularly important is vaccinating an infant. We...
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In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...
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suggest that there is significant heterogeneity with respect to maternal education. More educated mothers appear to compensate … educated mothers reinforce these differences. Most importantly, there is evidence that these compensatory investments are … associated with the narrowing of non-cognitive deficits over time for children of more educated mothers, while there is no …
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with girls' schooling, while greater bargaining power for mothers who are relatively more risk averse than the father …
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Previous researchers have argued that the social market for cigarettes insulates its participants from policies designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their...
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Can we nudge children, adolescents and their parents to make better decisions on education? And can we nudge teachers to support and encourage better decision making? Education decisions are taken at young ages and involve immediate costs and potential, future benefits. In such settings...
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Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and … treatment on the treated effect of childhood vaccination. Our results confirm that vaccinations before the age of 15 have long …
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. This paper examines how expanding the availability of exemptions influences vaccination rates in early childhood and … vaccination coverage among black and low-income preschoolers by 16.1% and 8.3%, respectively. Furthermore, we find that those …
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Influenza vaccination could be a cost-effective way to reduce costs in terms of human lives and productivity losses …, but low take-up rates and vaccination unintentionally causing moral hazard may decrease its benefits. We ran a natural … field experiment in cooperation with a bank in Ecuador, where we modified its vaccination campaign. Experimentally …
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The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the...
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