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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020
intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241186
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Month of birth and children's health in India
Lokshin, Michael (contributor); Radyakin, Sergiy (contributor) - 2009
"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 months have lower anthropometric scores compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791191
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Why are adult women missing? : son preference and maternal survival in India
Milazzo, Annamaria - 2014
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Accounting for regional differences in mother and child health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
Dasgupta, Susmita; Wheeler, David - 2019
importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother's education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008319
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Cities of workers, children, or seniors? : age structure and economic growth in a global cross-section of cities
Jedwab, Remi; Pereira, Daniel; Roberts, Mark - 2019
A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121233
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Gender bias in China, the Republic of Korea, and India 1920 - 90 : effects of war, famine, and fertility decline
Das Gupta, Monica; Li, Shuzhuo - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001405383
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Life expectancy at birth and lifetime education and earnings
Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, … - 2020
paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388740
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Free primary education, fertility, and women’s access to the labor market : evidence from Ethiopia
Chicoine, Luke E. - 2020
This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … year of schooling led to a reduction in fertility. An investigation of the underlying mechanisms linking schooling and … fertility finds that the decline in fertility is associated with an increase in labor market opportunity and a reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228185
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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020
mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296897