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compensating differential for STI risk. I introduce a compensating differential for pregnancy risk as a novel source through a … simple model that incorporates both STI risk and pregnancy risk. I empirically test this using a rich panel dataset of 19 … regressions and find that compensating differentials for STI risk and pregnancy risk are sources of the price premium for …
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Nearly nine million children under five years of age die annually. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause of Under-5 mortality in developing countries. About one out of five deaths are caused by diarrhea. In this paper, we use the newly available data set DLHS-3 to quantify the...
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Ghana has the lowest under-five mortality rate in West Africa. Understanding why Ghana’s child mortality rate is lower than in neighboring countries may offer useful insights for other developing countries that are trying to improve child health. This paper explores whether Ghana’s lower...
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pregnancy and life satisfaction for women of childbearing age. The results show strong differences by race. Pregnancy has the … characteristics. There is evidence that racial differences in the effects of pregnancy on emotional and social support from others can …
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those mothers with a history of internal migration who are part of the Young Lives project, and comparing them with suitable … controls, we find that mothers’ migration has had a positive impact on the nutritional outcomes and cognitive achievement of …
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, particularly the education level of the mother or caregiver. In Peru, despite a dramatic increase in investment in health during … mothers who are more educated does access to services not make a significant difference to nutritional status. These findings …
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Peru is in the process of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the USA which would eliminate trade concessions … on most goods and services. This paper analyses the potential impacts of such extensive trade liberalisation for Peru …
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-generating capability of mothers can be moderately or severely reduced; and households may have to spend more because of the newborn child …). Comparisons are made with the overall population in Peru, and with the income diversification patterns of households in the same …
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Assisting technologies aim to provide more support in the meeting of one's daily needs and the preservation of one's autonomy and quality of life. Continual developments in medicine, medical equipment, nursing and medical care are assumed to lead to new types of care being created. A high degree...
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This paper examines the impact of transaction costs on economic welfare and development. We extend the static model of Romer (1994), in which transaction costs reduce welfare by the reducing the equilibrium number of intermediate goods, and estimate the welfare losses in the case of domestic...
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