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Son preference and children's housework : the case of India
Lin, Tin-chi; Adserà, Alícia - 2012
to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households … housework than boys. Housework is a non-negligible part of child labor in which around 60% of children in our sample are engaged … (NFHS-3) to conduct the first study that analyzes whether son preference is associated with girls bearing a larger burden of …
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Why are Indian children so short?
Jayachandra, Seema; Pande, Rohini - 2015
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Why are Indian children so short?
Jayachandran, Seema; Pande, Rohini - 2015
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Why are Indian Children so Short?
Jayachandran, Seema - 2015
India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller than African firstborns; the Indian height...
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Why are Indian children so short? : the role of birth order and son preference
Jayachandran, Seema; Pande, Rohini - In: The American economic review 107 (2017) 9, pp. 2600-2629
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Why Are Indian Children So Short?
Jayachandran, Seema - 2015
India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller than African firstborns; the Indian height...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457632
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The evolution of social mobility : Norway over the 20th century
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2016
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The evolution of social mobility : Norway over the 20th century
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2016
This paper documents trends in social mobility in Norway starting from fathers born at the turn of the 20th century and … between fathers' and sons' income percentiles, and brother correlations. All approaches suggest that social mobility increased … after WWII, while brother correlations continued to decline. The relationship between fathers' and sons' income percentile …
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The evolution of social mobility : Norway during the twentieth century
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 119 (2017) 1, pp. 5-33
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Economies of scale and gender discrimination in transition : the case of the Republic of Tajikistan
Pena, Anita Alves - In: Applied economics 44 (2012) 16/18, pp. 2265-2281
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