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This paper examines how parents' early childhood exposure to a refugee crisis impacts their children's health status … treatment. The findings show that children who were born to parents who were living closer to refugee camps during their early …
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crop prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years …
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household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments …
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In many low- and middle-income countries, young children learn a mother tongue or indigenous language at home before …, assessments of children before school age, conducted in a nation's official language, may not fully reflect a child's development … vocabulary. This study assessed 505 children ages 2 to 6 in rural communities in Western Kenya with comparable vocabulary tests …
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asked to rank their child's intelligence in comparison with other children in the community, and the rankings were compared … with children's scores on an assessment of developmental abilities across multiple domains. Using cross-sectional data on … children ages 16-42 months in rural Madagascar, this paper documents the discordance between caregivers' perceived early …
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. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more working-age adults are likely to grow faster than cities with more children … ratios, that is, with more children and/or seniors per working-age adult, grow significantly slower. Such effects are … particularly pronounced for cities with high shares of children. This result appears to be driven mainly by the direct, negative …
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Access to primary care during early life can have substantial benefits in developing countries. This study evaluates the long-run impact of the Village Midwife Program in Indonesia. It utilizes the roll-out-variation of the program and link individual background and community characteristics in...
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Unexpected adverse events that affect areas or populations widely (covariate shocks) can have major consequences for the welfare of a society. Although the negative effects on households, especially among the poor, are well established in the economics literature, fewer studies have focused on...
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outcomes and educational achievement for all children. Secondary data analysis shows that Indonesia has demonstrated great … challenges and offers policy recommendations to ensure inclusivity in education for children with disabilities …
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Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way? This paper addresses this issue using longitudinal household data from Ethiopia where a large-scale social safety net intervention (PSNP) operates. Even though...
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