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Sibling-linked data in the demographic and health surveys

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2008

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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009

maternal and child health as well as in aggregate economic conditions. The country-level panel is exploited to control for … for family-specific endowments and neighbourhood characteristics. Child health is indicated by infant survival and … occur in the year of birth and the year before birth limit the degree to which child health is tied to family circumstance …

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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894898

Early childhood investments in human capital : parental resources and preferences

Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor) - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387992

Parent altruism, cash transfers and child poverty

Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor) - 2004

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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515874

Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - In: The review of economics and statistics 95 (2013) 2, pp. 660-672

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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013

We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...

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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments

Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...

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Life expectancy and mother-baby interventions : evidence from a historical trial

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2016

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