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paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only … cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …, leading to very similar results. Estimates indicate that children born in areas affected by high levels of violence are 0.8 cm …
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The study estimates calories, proteins and fats-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Annual time series data for 43 countries covering 1975-2009 that yields a balanced panel was employed for the analysis. The nutrient-income elasticities are estimated based on the aggregate Engel...
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Health Survey food consumption data for over 93,000 children from 21 African countries and Global Land Cover Facility tree …The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better understanding of this … cover data to examine the relationship between tree cover and three key indicators of the nutritional quality of children …
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The purpose of this study was to examine the linkage between Fitness, Nutrition and Mind for our Well-being, Abundance … and Health. This study aimed to inspire each individual to seek health the way that suits him, while taking into … consideration "all area of life" and the strong rapport between three components that determent our health: fitness- "work …
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level and district level of Pakistan. For individual analysis health is measured by various nutrition intakes (calories …, protein and vitamin A) and for district analysis health is measured by nutrition intake as well as through regional health … element to enhance the productivity level. The unequal distribution of nutrition intake and health facilities causes the …
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In this paper, we present a less-explored channel through which health insurance impacts productivity: by offering … health insurance, employers reduce the expected time workers spend out of work in sick days. Using data from the Medical … Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we show that a worker with health coverage misses on average 52% fewer workdays than uninsured …
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link between children's health at birth, mother's health during pregnancy, and children's height in the context of negative … exogenous shocks has not been fully researched yet. Children small at birth and children with anemic mothers are shorter for … differences are small. Finally, a robust finding in the health literature is that shorter children perform worse in schools, in …
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affect access to health, to education and to economic opportunities. The emphasis is placed on South Mediterranean countries …. The results attained and the evidence mobilized consistently show the interdependencies of health, education and poverty … and the potential gains that can be transversally achieved with the promotion of the roles of women and children. …
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comes from the Physical Examination in China Health and Nutrition Survey. To an extent we confirm the results with respect … based on the ratio of height to weight, linked to health, using a four-year (1991, 1993, 1997 and 2000) panel data set which … range based on self-reported health. We also find that variables such as income can modify the impact of an adverse BMI on …
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The effects of motherhood on women's labour force participation are estimated usually for mothers who are co …-resident with their children. This paper, however, shows that a co-residency requirement upwardly biases the negative effects of … co-resident mothers in South Africa, not co-resident mothers are significantly more likely to be labour force …
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