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Return on Returns : Building Scientific Capacity in AIDS Endemic Countries
Fry, Caroline; Ganguli, Ina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate spillovers from public funding for health research in the context of the NIH's Fogarty International Center's AIDS International Training and Research Program, which aims to strengthen scientific capacity in AIDS endemic countries by providing African researchers with training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322762
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The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries
Miguel, Edward; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-economic effects in terms of living standards, education, health, and gender equality, which appear to be unprecedented in depth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660017
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Parental Divorce Effects on Child’s Higher Education
Chen, Yen-Chien - 2019
In this paper we evaluate the degree to which the adverse parental divorce effect on university education operates … education outcome. Non-economic mechanisms, such as psychological and mental shocks, are more likely to dominate. Our further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479835
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Adolescent Cognitive and Non-cognitive Correlates of Adult Health
Kaestner, Robert - 2009
associations with adult health. Net of adolescent influences, completed education has a significant association with adult health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463724
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Hatred and Profits : Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan
Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2007
The Ku Klux Klan reached its heyday in the mid-1920s, claiming millions of members. In this paper, we analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. We utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465234
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Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
Currie, Janet - 2007
income and maternal education. We find that mental health conditions, and especially ADHD, have large negative effects on … future test scores and schooling attainment, regardless of family income and maternal education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465437
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The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Black, Sandra E. - 2004
order has a significant and large effect on children's education; children born later in the family obtain less education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467969
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From Cradle to Grave? The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance
Case, Anne - 2003
adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468910
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Does Family Structure Affect Children's Educational Outcomes?
Ginther, Donna K. - 2003
This paper makes two contributions. First, it adds to the growing literature describing correlations between children's educational outcomes and family structure. Although popular discussions focus on the distinction between two-parent families and single-parent families, McLanahan and Sandefur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469070
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Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital : Evidence from College Openings and Longitudinal Data
Currie, Janet - 2002
We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469345