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we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a …
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we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a …
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the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human … the time of the accident. Our design-based approach (which accounts for culling effects) provides robust empirical …
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we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a …
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of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early …
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This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with … endogenous fertility, in which the usual parental trade-off between the quantity and quality of their children is augmented with …
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study investigated the unique relationship between investment in human capital proxied by spending in education and health … investment comprising private and government health expenditures, primary, secondary and tertiary education expenditures were … health. …
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earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …
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caused by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, which led to a permanent increase in radiation levels in most of Europe. To …This paper studies the long-term effect of radiation on cognitive skills. We use regional variation in nuclear fallout …. These results are consistent with radiation accelerating cognitive decline during older ages. Moreover, they suggest that …
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This study presents empirical evidence that a health improvement program---privatization of municipal water services … to go to work after improvements in health status …
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