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Low malnutrition but high mortality: Explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region
Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2009
Exploiting DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...
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The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status : Evidence from Russia
Stillman, Steven; Thomas, Duncan - 2004
measures of nutrition – gross energy intake, two dimensions of diet quality, body mass index (BMI), which is a measure of net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261851
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Poverty and nutrition: A case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam
Waibel, Hermann; Hohfeld, Lena - 2016
In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … (underweight vs. non-underweight). We find that poverty and income influence nutrition outcomes, but other factors such as mother …'s height, education, migration and sanitation also affect nutrition. Coefficients of respective variables differ by poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688646
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Subsistence: A Bio-economic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium
Strulik, Holger; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan - 2007
mass and fertility. The theory admits a two-dimensional Malthusian equilibrium characterized by population density and body …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296042
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A bioeconomic foundation of the Malthusian equilibrium : body size and population size in the long-run
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - 2007
fertility. The theory admits a unique Malthusian equilibrium in a two-dimensional state space characterized by population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265679
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Food security and wheat prices in Afghanistan: A distribution-sensitive analysis of household-level impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR) estimator, based on influence functions to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282217
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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012
Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283950
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Oil-led economic growth and the distribution of real household incomes and consumption in Azerbaijan
Walewski, Mateusz; Chubrik, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyzes the distribution of real household incomes and consumption growth in Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2009. Decile-specific price deflators were used to calculate real incomes and consumption dynamics. The analysis, which was based on growth incidence curves, showed that economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430859
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Armut und Ernährung: Literaturanalyse unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Konsequenzen für Ernährungs- und Gesundheitsstatus und der Ernährungsweise in der Armut
Feichtinger, Elfriede - 1996
Die Literaturanalyse sichtet Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Armut und Ernährung mit Schwerpunkt im Zeitraum von etwa 1980 … Ernährungsweisen in der Armut, insbesondere mit sozialökonomischen und hauswirtschaftlichen Aspekten des Ernährungskonsums und mit der … ungünstigen Ernährungsweise ist in Armut und Niedrigeinkommenslagen eindeutig größer als in der Nichtarmut. Dabei scheint weniger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304919
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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2004
This paper explores secular changes in women?s pay relative to men?s pay. It shows how the human capital model predicts a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work expectations become more similar. The model explains why relative female wages rose almost unabated from 1890 to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261859