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Aids Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations : Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya
Zivin, Joshua Graff - 2014
HIV/AIDS, but very little is known about the impact of this intervention on the welfare of children in the households of … treated persons. We estimate the impact of ARV treatment on children's schooling and nutrition outcomes using longitudinal … household survey data collected in collaboration with a treatment program in western Kenya. We find that children's weekly hours …
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Seeing and Hearing : The Impacts of New York City’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program on the Health of Low-Income Children
Hong, Kai - 2019
children enrolled in Medicaid using a difference-in-regression- discontinuities design. We find that UPK increases the … kindergarten year, suggesting that UPK accelerates the rate at which children are identified with and treated for conditions that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902107
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The Income Elasticity for Nutrition : Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfers in Kenya
Almås, Ingvild - 2019
, on the food share of expenditures and consumption of calories among poor households in rural Kenya. Our preferred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889484
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The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood
Belfield, Clive R. - 2010
The choice to breastfeed rather than formula-feed an infant as well as the duration of doing so has been scrutinized in more recent times. Yet, key identification issues remain to be resolved, including the array of possible child development benefits, the optimal intensity of breastfeeding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136561
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Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success : Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Greve, Jane - 2015
concentrated on the children with low socioeconomic status (SES) background. These results indicate that fetal insults such as … exposure to malnutrition may not only hamper the cognitive development of children subject to such conditions, but it may also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015561
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Expanding Governance as Development : Evidence on Child Nutrition in the Philippines
Berman, Eli - 2016
Worldwide, extreme poverty is often concentrated in spaces where people and property are not safe enough to sustain effective markets, and where development assistance is dangerous – and might even induce violence. Expanding governance by coercively taking control of territory may enable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001780
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema - 2010
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152568
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Under the Weather : Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
Maccini, Sharon - 2010
How sensitive is long-run individual well-being to environmental conditions early in life? This paper examines the effect of weather conditions around the time of birth on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian adults born between 1953 and 1974. We link historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759306
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Maternal Employment, Breastfeeding, and Health : Evidence from Maternity Leave Mandates
Baker, Michael - 2010
Public health agencies around the world have renewed efforts to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding. Maternity leave mandates present an economic policy that could help achieve these goals. We study their efficacy focusing on a significant increase in maternity leave mandates in...
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Expanding the School Breakfast Program : Impacts on Children's Consumption, Nutrition and Health
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore - 2014
breakfast to all children to be eaten in the classroom during the first few minutes of the school day. We find both policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050295