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Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition...
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large-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children … school-age during WWII. First, these children had 0.4 fewer years of schooling on average in adulthood, with those in the … most hard-hit cities completing 1.2 fewer years. Second, these children were about half inches (one centimeter) shorter and …
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and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts …) Vocabulary, (3) Mathematics, (4) Reading and (5) Comprehension. We find that while left-handed children have a significantly … poor mental health. We also find that left-handed children have significantly lower cognitive development test scores than …
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This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …
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from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …
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electricity and fertility. We find no evidence that changes to direct and indirect costs of children play a role. Overall, the …
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security and self-sufficiency is followed by a presentation of infrastructure organizations and their cooperation to implement …
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security and self-sufficiency is followed by a presentation of infrastructure organizations and their cooperation to implement …
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electricity and fertility. We find no evidence that changes to direct and indirect costs of children play a role. Overall, the …
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late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …
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