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Fertility responses to expectations of child mortality in a Tuscan village 1700-1913 : a micro-data approach
Ejrnæs, Mette; Persson, Karl Gunnar - 2014
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Infant survival in Italy : recent trends
Pinnelli, Antonella - In: Genus : a population journal founded in 1934 by Corrado Gini 42 (1986) 3, pp. 125-139
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Spend less, get more? : explaining health spending and outcome differences between Canada and Italy
Di Matteo, Livio; Barbiero, T. P. - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 12 (2020) 2, pp. 1-48
Canada spends more than Italy on health per capita and as a share of GDP and has a higher per capita GDP. Yet, life … expectancy and infant mortality in Italy are better and have improved more over time. The implication is that the Italian health … care system provides better value for money. We examine whether Italy does get better health outcomes at lower costs. Using …
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Effects of passive smoking on prenatal and infant development : lessons from the past
Ciccarelli, Carlo; De Fraja, Gianni; Vuri, Daniela - 2020
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Spend less, get more? : explaining health spending and outcome differences between Canada and Italy
Di Matteo, Livio - 2019 - Revised draft of May 17 2019
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Fertility Responses to Expectations of Child Mortality in a Tuscan Village 1700-1913 : A Micro-Data Approach
Ejrnaes, Mette; Persson, Karl Gunnar - 2014
This paper exploits microdata from parish registers in a rural Tuscan village to trace the relationship between experienced and expected child mortality on household fertility strategies. It turns out that spacing of births and hence completed fertility are not only linked to economic risks and...
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Effects of passive smoking on prenatal and infant development : lessons from the past
De Fraja, Gianni; Ciccarelli, Carlo; Vuri, Daniela - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214085
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Health aid and health improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa : accounting for the heterogeneity between stable states and post-conflict states
Yogo, Urbain Thierry; Mallaye, Douzounet - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 7, pp. 1178-1196
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The consequences of sibling rivalry on survival and reproductive success across different ecological contexts: a comparison of the historical Krummhörn and Quebec populations
Fox, Jonathan; Willführ, Kai; Gagnon, Alain-G.; … - 2016
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Are urban children really healthier?
Van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007
On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid urbanization taking place throughout the developing world...
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