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Children’s Elevated Risk of Asthma in Unmarried Families: Underlying Structural and Behavioral Mechanisms

Harknett, Kristen - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2005

Among a recent birth cohort in U.S. cities, children were far more likely to be diagnosed with asthma and to experience … an asthma-related emergency within 15 months of their birth if their parents were unmarried. Comparing babies born to … gradient:” asthma diagnoses and emergencies increase in a linear fashion as the parents’ relationship becomes weaker. This …

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Why does piped water not reduce diarrhea for children? Evidence from urban Yemen

Lechtenfeld, Tobias - 2012

This paper investigates why household connections to piped water supply can increase diarrheal diseases among under-5-year-old children. Using a unique mix of household data, microbiological test results and spatial information from urban Yemen it is possible to distinguish the adverse impacts...

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Fertility and income

Schultz, T. Paul - 2005

There is an inverse association between income per adult and fertility among countries, and across households this inverse association is also often observed. Many studies find fertility is lower among better educated women and is often higher among women whose families own more land and assets....

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The curse of bad geography: Stagnant water, diseases, and children's human capital

Berggreen, Steve; Mattisson, Linn - 2023

Waterborne diseases lead to over 6 billion diarrheal episodes per year, with most of the burden on children in low-income countries. We employ hydrological engineering principles to construct a novel measure of stagnant water, crucial to the spread of these diseases. Using a...

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Battle and Beating, Water and Waste: Micro-Level Impact Evaluation in Developing and Emerging Economies

Rieckmann, Johannes P. - 2014

Die Dissertation mit dem Titel “Battle and Beating, Water and Waste: Micro-Level Impact Evaluation in Developing and Emerging Economies” beinhaltet die Ergebnisse ökonometrischer Wirkungsevaluierungen, die innerhalb zwei verschiedener Themengebieten des täglichen Lebens in Entwicklungs-...

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Women's Health Choices and the Effects on Child Health

Hindman Persson, Therése - 2001

This paper analyses, both theoretically and empirically, women's health choices and their effects on child health for a sample of rural households in Cebu, Philippines. The present study differs from other studies by analysing separately prenatal and postnatal determinants of child health both...

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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy

Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - 2014

Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood seems to be of utmost concern since it causes irreversible damage and have implications later in life. Recent research suggests globalization is a strong force affecting adult and child health...

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Does Debt Relief Improve Child Health? Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Data

Welander, Anna - 2016

This paper analyzes the effects of a multilateral debt relief program on child health. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in the late 1990s to reduce the debt burdens of poor countries, and explicitly linked the initiative...

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Cesarean Sections for High-Risk Births: Health, Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes

Mühlrad, Hanna - 2018

Despite the fact that Cesarean section (C-section) is the most commonly performed surgery in a number of industrialized countries, little is known about the long-term consequences for the mothers and children involved. In this study, I use a sample of high-risk births—namely, breech births, in...

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Socioeconomic inequalities in child health in Ireland

Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne - 2013

There is extensive empirical evidence on the link between socio-economic status (SES) and child health outcomes. However, there is some international evidence that the SES gradient in child health is weaker for objective indicators of child health (e.g., anthropometric measures such as height)...

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