This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households … in the poverty rates between the scheduled castes (or tribes) and non-scheduled households into a part explained by the …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …. Going beyond the traditional poverty estimates, we use a vulnerability measure which quantifies the welfare loss associated …

positive average effects on employment, earnings, and income, and generally negative effects on poverty rates, although the …

) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children's health outcomes disappears if we …

Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother's labor supply in childhood on young adults … importance of childhood environment on children's later life outcome and the importance of behavioral changes in explaining the …

-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by …, triggered by the program, had an impact on women's attitudes towards matters that impact women's health and on attitudes … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …

of these periods differs across countries. We apply data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE … year of birth, controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and health status. We find that economic conditions at birth …

We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989 …