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on total energy expenditure. In addition, the 10 percent decline in the population share of children in the period raised … employment surveys are used to estimate the separate components of total energy expenditure related to metabolism and physical … average total energy expenditures considerably as children have much lower metabolic requirements and activity levels than …
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were to scale up their inspections. In this paper, extensive firm-level data from India are used to compare the compliance …
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birth size and measures of physical growth in children under-five years of age, in particular for children under two years … characteristics at birth, maternal and paternal education, and paternal occupation also had a consistent positive association with all …
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-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends … household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments …
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Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper … of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …
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intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections … mobility. This paper tests these predictions in India and China using data not subject to coresidency bias. The evidence … rejects the linear conditional expectation function in rural and urban India in favor of a concave relation. Girls in India …
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democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent …This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing country … years. The paper argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the …
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