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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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Violence and birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2015

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of...

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The effect of in-service teacher training on student learning of english as a second language

Bando Grana, Rosangela; Li, Xia - 2014

In-service teacher training aims to improve the supply of public education. A randomized experiment was conducted in Mexico to test whether teacher training could increase teacher efficiency in public secondary schools. After seven and a half months of exposure to a trained teacher, students...

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Shelter from the storm : upgrading housing infrastructure in Latin American slums

Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul J.; Cooper, Ryan; … - 2014

program is to improve household well-being. Our findings show that better houses have a positive effect on overall housing … conditions and general well-being: treated households are happier with their quality of life. In two countries, we also document …

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Boys’ cognitive skill formation and physical growth : long-term experimental evidence on critical ages for early childhood interventions

Barham, Tania Catherine Jane; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, … - 2013

, labor market outcomes and well-being. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the first 1,000 days are the critical …

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The effect of violence on birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in rural Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2013

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244906

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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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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The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development

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

weight-for-height. …

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