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Attractiveness, anthropometry or both? : their relationship and role in economic research

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2014

We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …

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Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children

Conti, Gabriella; Giannola, Michele; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2024

When deciding how to allocate their time between different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the perceived benefits and costs of different activities. During the COVID-19 outbreak parents had to consider a new cost dimension when making this decision: the perceived risks...

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Helping families help themselves? : the (un)intended impacts of a digital parenting program

Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2022

Parenting practices play a crucial role in child development. We evaluate the impact of a free digital stress management and positive parenting intervention designed to reduce the prevalence of child maltreatment in El Salvador. Drawing on the prior success of in-person interventions, we study...

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¿Ayudar a las familias a ayudarse a sí mismas? : Efectos (in)deseados de un programa digital de crianza

Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2022

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The consequences of miscarriage on parental investments

Bütikofer, Aline; Coy, Deidre; Doyle, Orla; Ginja, Rita - 2024

Pregnancy loss is often a traumatic event which may impact both parents and subsequent children. Using Norwegian registry data, we exploit the random nature of single, early miscarriages to examine the impact of pregnancy loss on parental investment and family outcomes. We find that pregnancy...

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Who benefits from free health insurance : evidence from Mexico

Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2023

We present a comprehensive evaluation of the health impacts of the introduction and expansion of a large non-contributory health insurance program in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP). SP provided access to health services without co-pays to individuals with no Social Security protection. We...

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Sex, violence, and drugs among Latin American and Caribbean adolescents : do engaged parents make a difference?

Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo - 2016

This paper uses data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey to investigate the prevalence of health risk behaviors, in particular substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence among adolescents in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Using logit regressions and...

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Does access to better water and sanitation infrastructure improve child outcomes? : evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2015

I review the evidence on access to water and sanitation infrastructure and child outcomes In Latin America. I show that there are large differences in access across countries and, within countries, between households living in urban and rural areas. Many papers in the public health literature...

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The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development

Beuermann, Diether W.; Pecha, Camilo; Schmid, Juan Pedro - 2017

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Growing in the womb : the effect of seismic activity on fetal growth

Álvarez, Rocío; Chirkova, Serafima; Romero, J. Gabriel - 2018

We study how prenatal maternal stress, caused by sustained seismic activity, affects birth outcomes in Chile during the period 2011-2015. A mother-fixed-effect model together with the spatiotemporal variation of earthquakes in Chile allow us to deal with identification issues that have obscured...

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