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Religion and Child Health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
: whether there is a religious affiliation (and what kind), the importance of religion, and the frequency of church attendance … attend church at least weekly compared to those who do not or seldom attend have higher levels of overall health and …
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...
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HIV/AIDS and the Agricultural Sector: Implications for Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa
Jayne, T. S.; Villarreal, Marcela; Pingali, Prabhu; … - In: The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development … 2 (2005) 2, pp. 158-181
likely consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the agricultural sector of the hardest-hit countries of Eastern and Southern … regions. The most effective means for agricultural policy to respond to HIV/AIDS will entail stepping up support for …
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Public Health in Europe: The 2007-2009 Financial Crisis and UNECE Activities
Shelburne, Robert; Trentini, Claudia - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2009
, the European CIS are central in the global fight against TB and HIV/AIDS. …
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Surveying HIV/AIDS Incidence in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS … is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s, AIDS has rapidly established itself throughout the world …, and is likely to endure and persist well into the 21s century. AIDS has evolved from a mysterious illness to a global …
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades,...
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Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment: The Effect of Ramadan Observance during Pregnancy
Almond, Douglas; Mazumder, Bhashkar - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 4, pp. 56-85
This paper uses the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in diurnal fasting and fetal health. Among births to Arab parents in Michigan, we find prenatal exposure to Ramadan results in lower birth weight. Exposure in the first month of gestation also reduces the number of male...
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Religion and Health in Early Childhood: Evidence from the Indian Subcontinent
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Menon, Nidhiya - Department of Economics, International Business School, … - 2013
This paper studies early childhood health in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, focusing on inequalities in anthropometric outcomes by religious adherence. India and Nepal have Hindu majorities, while Bangladesh is predominantly Muslim. Results confirm a relative Muslim advantage for children less...
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Computer Mediated Transactions
Varian, Hal R. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 1-10
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Are immigrants healthier than native residents?
Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) December, pp. 1-10
In common anti-immigrant rhetoric, concerns are raised that immigrants bring diseases with them to the host country that threaten the health of the resident population. In reality, extensive empirical research over several decades and across multiple regions and host countries has documented...
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