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A causal analysis of mother’s education on birth inequalities
Bacci, Silvia; Bartolucci, Francesco; Pieroni, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We propose a causal analysis of the mother’s educational level on the health status of the newborn, in terms of gestational weeks and weight. The analysis is based on a finite mixture structural equation model, the parameters of which have a causal interpretation. The model is applied to a...
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Premarital Sex – Lessons from American Experience
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
development and for the youth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837495
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Literacy Profile of Ontario’s Youth
Kapsalis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
This study develops a literacy profile of Ontario's youth (ages 17 to 25) using data from the International Adult … Literacy Survey. The analysis concentrates on Canadian-born youth only. Because of sample limitations, it was not possible to … explore the literacy skills of foreign-born youth. IALS classifies respondents into 5 levels of literacy, across 3 literacy …
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Performance Pay and Information: Reducing Child Malnutrition in Urban Slums
Singh, Prakarsh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper provides evidence for the effectiveness of performance pay to government workers and how performance pay interacts with demand-side information. In an experiment covering 145 child day-care centres, I implement three separate treatments. First, I engineer an exogenous change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220685
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Child Social Maladjustment and Adult Employment Dynamics
Sciulli, Dario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper investigates the effect of social maladjustment at age 11 on adult employment probability. Social maladjustment is measured according to the British Social Adjustment Guide score provided by the National Child Development Study that also provides information on cohort-members both in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009495134
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Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from Australia
Khanam, Rasheda; Nghiem, Hong Son; Connelly, Luke B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The positive relationship between household income and child health is well documented in the child health literature but the precise mechanisms via which income generates better health and whether the income gradient is increasing in child age are not well understood. This paper presents new...
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Gender Bias Among Children in India in their Diet and Immunisation Against Disease
Borooah, Vani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1-2 years of age, with a view to studying two aspects of the neglect of children: their likelihood of being immunised against disease and their likelihood of receiving a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541479
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Maternal health and child mortality in rural India
Pandey, Manoj K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, the effect of maternal health on the under-five mortality has been examined. Third wave of micro-level National Family Health Survey 2005-06 data for rural India is used. Using various alternative measures of maternal health, the paper finds strong association between maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031400
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Maternal health and child mortality in rural India
Pandey, Manoj K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, the effect of maternal health on the under-five mortality has been examined. Third wave of micro-level National Family Health Survey 2005-06 data for rural India is used. Using various alternative measures of maternal health, the paper finds strong association between maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031409
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Partnerships for Women's Health - Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact / United Nations University Research Brief 1/2009 (www.unu.edu)
Timmermann, Martina; Kruesmann, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008566435