Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 160
Cover Image
Who Decides Social Policy? : Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bonvecchi, Alejandro - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644319
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
Fertility and parental labor-force participation : new evidence from a developing country in the Balkans
Trako, Iva - 2019
This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor force participation in a developing country in the … address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, the analysis exploits the Albanian parental preference for having …-section of parents with at least two children, the analysis finds a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059052
Cover Image
Addressing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Niger
Barroy, Helene - 2016
The aim of the study is to better understand adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs in order to inform the design of interventions and policies that improve access to and use of adolescent SRH services in Niger. A mixed-methods study was conducted and included: (i) a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644733
Cover Image
Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for Girls, and Their Impacts in Uganda
Wodon, Quentin - 2017
The proportions of girls marrying or having children before the age of 18 have been declining in Uganda according to data from the latest publicly available Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) implemented in 2011. Yet despite progress, more than one third of girls still marry as children, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644996
Cover Image
Options for Digital Birth Certificates
Dharwadker, Sanjay - 2019
Birth certificates are the cornerstone for establishing legal identity around the world. Despite their importance, birth certificates are frequently simple, handwritten paper documents or computerized printouts, submitted with little attention to security. The birth certificate issuance process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646609
Cover Image
Association of Human Capital with Physical Growth from Birth to Adulthood : Evidence from the New Delhi Birth Cohort, India
Sachdev, Harshpal Singh - 2020
Undernutrition begins early in life and has lifelong consequences. The cost of undernutrition both for the individual and the economy are substantial. Analyzing data from an Indian cohort, the New Delhi Birth Cohort, formed between 1969 and 1972, this paper provides evidence on the associations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647440
Cover Image
Secondary schools and teenage childbearing : evidence from the school expansion in Brazilian municipalities
Koppensteiner, Martin; Matheson, Jesse - 2020
This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil … between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388752
Cover Image
Does the environment matter for poverty reduction? : the role of soil fertility and vegetation vigor in poverty reduction
Heger, Martin; Zens, Gregor; Bangalor, Mook - 2018
and soil fertility as proxy for below-ground environmental quality. Rainfall is used to account for endogeneity issues in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903081