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Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect of Plan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment
Abel, Martin - 2017
The paper tests the effects of plan-making on job search and employment. In a field experiment with unemployed youths … into more job offers (30 percent) and employment (26 percent). Weekly reminders and peer-support sub-treatments do not …
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Is the Baby to Blame? An Inquiry into the Consequences of Early Childbearing
Azevedo, João Pedro - 2017
adverse social context for women. It is seen as the cause of lower social and economic achievement for mothers and their … opportunities of the young mothers. Actually, women who gave birth during their adolescence have on average 0.34 more years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975227
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Childcare and Maternal Employment : Evidence from Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2019
Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing country context, and recent studies offer mixed results. This paper attempts to fill these gaps by analyzing several of the latest rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards...
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Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? Evidence from Firm Data
Amin, Mohammad - 2017
For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969906
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The Effects of In-Kind Demand-Side Conditional Transfers for Improving Uptake of Maternal and Child Health Services in Rwanda
Shapira, Gil - 2017
To diagnose and treat preventable threats to maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa, a policy focus has been put on increasing coverage rates of targeted health services. Exploiting an experimental design, this study evaluates the impacts of an in-kind conditional transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956221
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The Socioeconomics of Fish Consumption and Child Health in Bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2019
than fish for child health. In addition, mothers' individual preferences for different animal-source foods, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900874
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Effect of Lengthening the School Day on Mother's Labor Supply
Contreras, Dante - 2019
increase in labor participation and employment rates of single mothers with eligible children (between 8 and 13 years old) with … are detected among others mothers with eligible children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903512
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Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2019
importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother?s education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the … cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889563
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Increased Coverage of Maternal Health Services Among the Poor in Western Uganda in an Output-Based Aid Voucher Scheme
Obare, Francis - 2018
Vouchers stimulate demand for health care services by giving beneficiaries purchasing power. In turn, health facilities? claims are reimbursed for providing beneficiaries with improved quality of health care. Efficient strategies to generate demand from new, often poor, users and supply in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935854
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Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Household Welfare Impacts of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers Given to Mothers or Fathers
Akresh, Richard - 2017
distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or unconditional and were given to either mothers or fathers … cash transfers. Giving cash to mothers does not lead to significantly better child health or education outcomes, and there … is evidence that money given to fathers improves young children's health, particularly during years of poor rainfall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968734