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We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the …
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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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Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-Run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and …
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We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We employ data from the United States Commissioner of Labor survey (see Haines, 1979) of workers in key export industries. We estimate that households in the USA, on average, had...
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There is growing evidence that noncognitive skills affect economic, behavioral, and demographic outcomes in the developed world. However, little such evidence exists from developing countries. This paper estimates the joint effect of five specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence...
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pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women …
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We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the …
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or some African countries, Madagascar represents an interesting case. So far, very few studies in general, even less so … 1-2-3 Surveys in Madagascar, a four-wave panel dataset (2000-2004), we assess the magnitude of various formal … country like Madagascar, these findings provide new and robust empirical backups for the existence of a mix between the …
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This paper measured the extent to which households in Madagascar adjust children's school attendance in order to cope … rigidities, explain the inability of households in Madagascar to keep their children in school during times of economic distress …
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We study the determinants of educational and cognitive outcomes of young adults in Madagascar and Senegal employing a … adult cognitive skills, whereas in Madagascar math plays a relatively stronger role. We find suggestive evidence that the …
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