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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender...
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employed. The results are robust to different measures of chronic poverty, income expectations, reference groups, functional …Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian …
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findings show rising income levels and decreasing inequality, with the latter being mostly caused by pro-poor growth rather … significantly associated with reduced downward mobility and increased income growth. However, a similar transition from the private … sector to the public sector is negatively associated with income growth …
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"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …
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