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This paper examines effects of socio-economic conditions on the standardised heights and body mass index of children in … the heights of children. No such effects are found for the body mass index (BMI). We find that household income per capita … positively influences the heights of children but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family still has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268818
This paper examines effects of socio-economic conditions on the standardised heights and body mass index of children in … the heights of children. No such effects are found for the body mass index (BMI). We find that household income per capita … positively influences the heights of children but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family still has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762021
field experiment of Community-Led Total Sanitation in Indonesia, we find that villages with high initial social capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420744
We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 Indonesian regions, and investigate the labour market mechanisms behind these effects. The identification strategy relies on combining information on initial regional labour and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329085
We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub-national level. Based on panel data for 271 Indonesian districts for the years of 1994 to 2009, we address the determinants of local investment expenditures in public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329170
recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. …
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participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that … looking at the potential channels for these effects, we find that in Indonesia the structure of initial protection was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653280
affects labour market participation of men and women in Indonesia - a country that has seen dramatic changes in the labour … rural and urban areas in Indonesia. On the other hand, the higher fecundity leads to men's increasing their working hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268083
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
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We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271336