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Intrahousehold and interhousehold child nutrition inequality in Malawi
Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
differences between households or differences within households in Malawi. Using a linear model with random effects, we derive a …, and birth order lines in Malawi. The results for rural and urban areas, as well as ethnic and religious groups show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322624
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A matching decomposition of the rural-urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi
Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148012
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Trends in life expectancy and the macroeconomy in Malawi
Matchaya, Greenwell C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The purpose of this paper was to study trends in life expectancy in Malawi since independence and offer possible … explanations regarding its inter-temporal variations. Descriptive analysis has shown that life expectancy in Malawi has trailed … absence of HIV/AIDS. After early 1980s life expectancy declined tremendously and never improved due to the spread of HIV/AIDS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790452
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Surveying HIV/AIDS Incidence in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS … is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s, AIDS has rapidly established itself throughout the world …, and is likely to endure and persist well into the 21s century. AIDS has evolved from a mysterious illness to a global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147907
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Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia
Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an extension of Indonesia's school term length in 1978-1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year increases educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210848
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Progress in utilization of antenatal and delivery care services in Bangladesh: Where does the equity gap lie?
Pulok, Mohammad Habibullah; Sabah, Md Nasim-Us Sabah; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Despite a central element of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the progress in making pregnancy and childbearing safer for women has been slow in many developing countries. Though Bangladesh has achieved commendable progress in reducing maternal mortality in recent decades, the country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011251892
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258923
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Smokers’ Preference for Divorce and Extramarital Sex
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Smokers are more impatient and, unlike nonsmokers, they tend to prefer current benefits. In this paper, individual-level data from Japan are used to examine how preferences for divorce and extramarital sex are different between smokers and nonsmokers. After controlling for various individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259040
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Factors influencing quality of life in patients with active tuberculosis in Pakistan
Masood, Sarwar Awan; Muhammad, Waqas; Muhammad, Amir Aslam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Evidently Tuberculosis remains a major threat to public health globally. Latterly academia with exertion dedication has tried to extract the health related quality of life of the people with active tuberculosis. Meager studies in Pakistan have tried to explore the factors that influences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259162
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Incidence and impacts of clinical mastitis in dairy cattle farms: case of Maharastra farmers
MK, Sinha; NN, Thombare - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
A cross sectional farm sample survey was conducted to assess the consequences of mastitis on farmer’s economy. Daily milk records of 187 animals from 28 farms were investigated by personal interview methods. Extra-resources used for the treatment and reduced revenues in terms of production...
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