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Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8-11 per cent increase in skilled birth...
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In this study, we assess the inclusiveness of growth by tracking the yearly percentage change in the household consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track the consumption of groups of individuals that share...
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important in what refers to human capital accumulation in middle- and low-income countries and health in high-income countries …
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The objectives of the study are three-fold: to investigate who are vulnerable to welfare loss from health shocks, what … are the household responses to cope with the economic burden of health shocks and if policy responses like state health … state health insurance schemes in reducing the vulnerability to financials risks of medical care using catastrophic health …
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Lives project conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is found that health shocks to poorer parents reduce investments in …This paper explores the intergenerational effects of parental health shocks using longitudinal data from the Young … dimensions like the timing of health shocks and pathways through which they affect human capital investment, differential effects …
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paper examines how the temporary migration of parents for the sole purpose of work affects the health outcomes of children … health used, height-for-age, serves as a proxy for stunting. The evidence suggests that whether parental migration is … beneficial or deleterious to child health depends on which parent moved. In particular, migration of the mother has an adverse …
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health of a population when other data are not available. We investigate how informative this approach is in terms of … of sample for countries where we lack income and health data. …
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The central aim of this text is to show the impact institutions have on the performance of the health sector in … Mozambique. The text shows that of the social determinants of health, institutions play a central role in the performance of the … Mozambican health sector-and, through it, economic and social development-particularly for the poorer and more vulnerable, such …
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outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …
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Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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