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Early life shocks and mental health: The long-term effect of war in Vietnam
Singhal, Saurabh - 2018
This paper provides causal evidence on early-life exposure to war on mental health status in adulthood. Using an instrumental variable strategy, the evidence indicates that early-life exposure to bombing during the American war in Vietnam has long-term effects. A one percent increase in bombing...
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Long-Term Impacts of Growth and Development Monitoring: Evidence from Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood
Liang, Yinhe; Peng, Xiaobo; Sun, Meiping Aggie - 2024
This paper examines the long-term impacts of growth and development monitoring in early childhood. For this purpose, we evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development monitoring through routine health checkups for all...
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Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US
Lin, Siyuan; Argys, Laura M.; Averett, Susan L. - 2023
We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010–2020), we compare the childbearing decisions of Chinese-born women with varying degrees...
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Extreme Weather and Long-term Health: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Li, Ben G. - 2019
Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an environment where individuals have no access to modern technology. By combining life course data on 5,000...
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The Long-Run Economic Consequences of Iodine Supplementation
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
We present evidence on the impacts of a large-scale iodine supplementation program in Tanzania on individuals' long-term economic outcomes. Exploiting the timing and location of the intervention, we document that in utero exposure to the program increased completed years of education and income...
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Bombing and the Two Vietnams
Vuong, Vu; Chang, Simon; Palmer, Michael - 2021
The Vietnam War occurred when Vietnam was divided into two states with contrasting institutions. North Vietnam was characterized by a command economy under a stable political regime, whereas South Vietnam experienced a market economy and prolonged political instability. This paper uses this...
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Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism
Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
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Agricultural commercialization and nutrion in smallholder farm households
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng; Gödecke, Theda; Qaim, Matin - 2017
Commercialization of smallholder agriculture is widely seen as an essential pathway towards rural economic growth … and dietary quality, with a special focus on calorie and micronutrient consumption. We also examine transmission channels …. Commercialization significantly improves food security and dietary quality in terms of calorie, zinc, and iron consumption. For vitamin …
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Afectaciones del COVID-19 en agricultores del Altiplano boliviano
Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - 2022
This work analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mitigation measures that were adopted against it in different dimensions related to the agricultural producers of the Bolivian Altiplano, such as employment, income, food security, education and health. For this purpose, data from...
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The Impact of Body Mass Index on Growth, Schooling, Productivity, and Savings: A Cross-Country Study
Tansel, Aysit; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. In this study, the proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI since there is a strong relationship between cognitive ability...
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