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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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Using 15 years of data on Finnish twins, we find that 24% (54%) of the variance of women’s (men’s) lifetime income is …
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effect model to the data of twins and siblings from the first wave of the National Survey of Midlife in the United States …
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This is an effort at explaining the reasons and rationale behind the rising mortality rate (CDR) in the South Indian …
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The paper examines the effect of top income shares on the crude death and infant mortality rates. We use balanced panel … mortality rates. The most important finding is that there is no overall relationship between top income shares and mortality. If …
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We ask whether prime-age adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS decreases the endowment of knowledge for agricultural … productive assets; household members, land, and livestock. We find that prime-age adult mortality decreases the accumulation of …
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work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …
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malnutrition and child mortality, two key human development indicators. The paper is organized as follows. Section 1 illustrates … the main economic and social factors causing child malnutrition and mortality. Section 2 identifies the main clusters of …
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largest increase in child schooling. We present suggestive evidence that falling mortality risk is strongly positively … population density is negatively related to fertility. Finally we show the robust negative correlation of mortality risk on child …
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can be explained in terms of reduction in child mortality due to the immunization program. Kumar (2009) finds that UIP has … a significant and negative eect on infant and under-five mortality. …
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