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Coping with food and nutrition insecurity in Zimbabwe : does household head gender matter?

Kairiza, Terrence; Kembo, George D. - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 7 (2019) 24, pp. 1-16

On the basis of a large-scale nationally representative sample of household data from five pooled cross-section surveys conducted by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC), this study assesses the existence of gender differences in the vulnerability to food and nutrition...

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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring : evidence from the China great leap forward famine

Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010

We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the … to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine …

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Malnutrition in Primary School-Age Children : A Case of Urban and Slum Areas of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Azid, Toseef - 2015

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school-age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …’s nutritional status. Malnutrition is positively related with congestion in the household (number of household members per room …

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Food and agriculture systems foresight study : implications for gender, poverty, and nutrition

Lentz, Erin C. - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-53

This review evaluates foresight studies to understand how the future agri-food system may impact gender, poverty, and nutrition (GPN). Foresight studies agree that it will be challenging to transform the agri-food system into one that is sustainable, healthy, and just, although the degree to...

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The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring : Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine

Kim, Seonghoon - 2010

We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the …

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The effect of early childhood malnutrition on child labor and schooling in rural Ethiopia

Tesfu, Solomon T. - In: The journal of developing areas 50 (2016) 2, pp. 185-211

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The determinants of housework time : boosting the efficiency of household production could have large economic effects

Stratton, Leslie S. - 2015

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is driven in part by the gender differential in wages....

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Equal opportunity? : gender gaps in CEO appointments and executive pay

Keloharju, Matti; Knüpfer, Samuli; Tåg, Joacim - 2016

This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eight of the gaps can be attributed to observable gender...

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Do minimum wages affect employment? : evidence from the manufacturing sector in Indonesia

Del Carpio, Ximena V.; Nguyen, Ha; Pabon, Laura; Wang, … - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 17, pp. 1-35

This paper investigates the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in Indonesian manufacturing firms between 1993 and 2006. It shows that within firms, the employment effects of minimum wage hikes is negative. It finds significant, negative employment effects of minimum wages among...

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The demand for, and impact of, youth internships : evidence from a randomized experiment in Yemen

McKenzie, David J.; Assaf, Nabila; Cusolito, Ana Paula - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. We examine the demand for the program and find an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduates firms...

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