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Violent Conflict and the Child Quantity-Quality Tradeoff
Nepal, Apsara Karki; Halla, Martin; Stillman, Steven - 2018
negative consequences for the quality of the current and previous cohort of children. Our empirical evidence is based on Nepal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931655
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Child labor, urban proximity and household composition
Fafchamps, Marcel; Wahba, Jackline - 2006
Using detailed survey data from Nepal, this paper examines the determinants of child labor with a special emphasis on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267668
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Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception Are Substitutes
Miller, Grant; Valente, Christine - 2016
instances, abortion services). In this paper, we study Nepal's 2004 legalization of abortion provision and subsequent expansion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479327
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Saving Neonatal Lives for a Quarter
Valente, Christine; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik; Puri, Mahesh C. - 2020
contribute to slow CHX adoption. Studying the first national CHX roll-out — in Nepal — we find that CHX reduces neonatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322518
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In 'Trusts' We Trust: Socially Motivated Private Schools in Nepal
Pal, Sarmistha; Saha, Bibhas - 2014
database from Nepal. There are two novel features of our analysis: firstly we allow for heterogeneity among private schools, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377363
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War and women's work: Evidence from the conflict in Nepal
van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana - 2011
This paper examines how Nepal's 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women's decisions to engage in employment. Using … three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282335
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Do Perceptions of Economic Well-Being Predict the Onset of War and Peace?
Swee, Eik; Zhan, Haikun; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2019
While economic deprivation is an important determinant of civil conflict, it cannot completely explain the incentives for warfare. In irregular wars, for example, both incumbents and insurgents may employ various tactics to win the hearts and minds of civilians in order to muster territorial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141286
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War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal
Menon, Nidhiya; van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’s decisions to engage in employment. Using … three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395429
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Child Labor, Urban Proximity and Household Composition
Fafchamps, Marcel; Wahba, Jackline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using detailed survey data from Nepal, this paper examines the determinants of child labor with a special emphasis on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703391
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In 'Trusts' We Trust: Socially Motivated Private Schools in Nepal
Pal, Sarmistha; Saha, Bibhas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
database from Nepal. There are two novel features of our analysis: firstly we allow for heterogeneity among private schools, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790519