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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CIVIL CONFLICTS ON EDUCATION, EARNINGS AND FERTILITY: EVIDENCE FROM CAMBODIA
Islam, Asadul; Smyth, Russell; Wang, Liang Choon; Ouch, … - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2014
to primary education during civil conflicts decreases educational attainment and earnings, increases fertility and has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100047
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The Long-Term Effects of Civil Conflicts on Education, Earnings and Fertility : Evidence from Cambodia
Islam, Asad - 2014
to primary education during civil conflicts decreases educational attainment and earnings, increases fertility and has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050085
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Children and Parental Health: Evidence from China
Islam, Asadul; Smyth, Russell - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2010
In most developing countries children provide some form of insurance against risks when parents are old, which, in turn, justifies parental preference to have more children. In this paper, we examine the causal effect of number of children on several measures of health status of elderly parents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492292
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Do fertility control policies affect health in old age? : evidence from China's one-child experiment
Islam, Asadul; Smyth, Russell - In: Health economics 24 (2015) 5, pp. 601-616
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318515
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND FERTILITY IN G7 COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL COINTEGRATION AND GRANGER CAUSALITY
Mishra, Vinod; Nielsen, Ingrid; Smyth, Russell - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2006
This paper examines the relationship between the female labour force participation rate and total fertility rate for …-run structural estimation. The paper's main findings are that the female labour force participation rate and total fertility rate are … cointegrated for the panel of G7 countries; that long-run Granger causality runs from the total fertility rate to the female labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005064176
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Childhood adversity and energy poverty
Cheng, Zhiming; Guo, Liwen; Smyth, Russell; Tani, … - 2021
We use data from China Family Panel Studies to examine the effects of being a child or adolescent in China's Great Famine on the likelihood of being in energy poverty in adulthood. We find that a one unit increase in the intensity of the Famine, measured by the number of excess deaths per 100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669583
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Parental misbeliefs and household investment in children's education
Wang, Haining; Cheng, Zhiming; Smyth, Russell - In: Economics of education review 89 (2022), pp. 1-15
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Language, health outcomes and health inequality
Wang, Haining; Cheng, Zhiming; Smyth, Russell - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011792282
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Health outcomes, health inequality and Mandarin proficiency in urban China
Wang, Haining; Cheng, Zhiming; Smyth, Russell - In: China economic review : an international journal 56 (2019), pp. 1-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317561
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The Long-term Health Effects of Mass Political Violence: Evidence From China’s Cultural Revolution
Islam, Asadul; Raschky, Paul A.; Smyth, Russell - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2011
There is much interest in the causes of several adverse health outcomes in middle and old age. In searching for new explanations for adverse health outcomes later in life, researchers have started to look beyond behavioural risk factors to examine the effect of shocks to health in utero and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009394013