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the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …
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early childhood intervention program that measures knowledge of narrowly defined skills on essentially equivalent subsets of … detailed knowledge measures. We reject the hypothesis of aggregate scale invariance and call into question the uncritical use …
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We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan … in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure around birth leads to lower life-time educational attainment and …
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malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments …
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We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causes over … differences associated with malaria prevalence are perhaps the most important reason why some countries today are rich and others …
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prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and occupational choice of workers in these … sectors by reducing physical capacity. This study identifies the impact of malaria on worker earnings, labor supply, and daily … malaria testing and treatment.The results indicate a significant and substantial intent to treat effect of the intervention …
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evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in …
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We examine the extent to which recent declines in child mortality and fertility in Sub- Saharan Africa can be attributed to insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). Exploiting the rapid increase in ITNs since the mid-2000s, we employ a difference-in-differences estimation strategy to identify the...
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Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle …
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