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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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This paper is the first to show that excess mortality among adult women can be partly explained by strong preference for male children, the same cultural norm widely known to cause excess mortality before birth or at young ages. Using pooled individual-level data for India, the paper compares...
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-in-difference-in-differences framework. With a longitudinal survey that tracks individuals for an average of 22 years, a panel of mothers was constructed to … 1,000 children increases the work participation of mothers of preschool age eligible children by 11-16 percent from the … of holding a second job. The availability of preschools induces mothers to informal sector occupations that do not …
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Poor rural women in the developing world spend considerable time collecting water. How then do they respond to improved access to water infrastructure? Does it increase their participation in income earning market-based activities? Does it improve the health and education outcomes of their...
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This paper analyzes the incentives to labor supply faced by families, particularly mothers, with young children in the …-paying work for mothers with young children. Alternative remedies include a reform of the eligibility and withdrawal rules of the …
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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...
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than fish for child health. In addition, mothers' individual preferences for different animal-source foods, and the …
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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 …
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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 …
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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...
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