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This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in …
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This paper takes advantage of a massive school construction program that took place in Indonesia between 1973 and 1978 … to estimate the effect of education on fertility and child mortality. Time and region varying exposure to the school … between husband and wife. We show that female education is a stronger determinant of age at marriage and early fertility than …
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This paper takes advantage of a massive school construction program that took place in Indonesia between 1973 and 1978 … to estimate the effect of education on fertility and child mortality. Time and region varying exposure to the school … between husband and wife. We show that female education is a stronger determinant of age at marriage and early fertility than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013237598
This paper takes advantage of a massive school construction program that took place in Indonesia between 1973 and 1978 … to estimate the effect of education on fertility and child mortality. Time and region varying exposure to the school … between husband and wife. We show that female education is a stronger determinant of age at marriage and early fertility than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447091
A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls’ dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government’s HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs...
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more likely to be alive than the poor's mothers. Using panel data set for Indonesia and Vietnam, we also find that older …
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A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government's HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105940
This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504360