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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring : evidence from the China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010
We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the … to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008844
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Malnutrition in Primary School-Age Children : A Case of Urban and Slum Areas of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Azid, Toseef - 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school-age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …’s nutritional status. Malnutrition is positively related with congestion in the household (number of household members per room …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175076
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The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring : Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine
Kim, Seonghoon - 2010
We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137786
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The effect of early childhood malnutrition on child labor and schooling in rural Ethiopia
Tesfu, Solomon T. - In: The journal of developing areas 50 (2016) 2, pp. 185-211
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609689
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As my parents at home? Gender differences in childrens’ housework between Germany and Spain
Giménez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper analyzes the relationship between parents’ time devoted to housework and the time devoted to housework by their children. Using data of Germany and Spain from the Multinational Time Use Study, we find positive correlations, but gender differences, between parents and children’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196660
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Nurse or Mechanic? Explaining Sex-Typed Occupational Aspirations amongst Children
Polavieja, Javier; Platt, Lucinda - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2011
There is a high degree of sex-typing in young children's occupational aspirations and this has consequences for adult occupational segregation. Yet we still know surprisingly little about the mechanisms involved in the formation of sex-typical preferences and there is considerable theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371741
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Girls like Pink: Explaining Sex-Typed Occupational Aspirations amongst Young Children
Polavieja, Javier; Platt, Lucinda - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2010
There is a high degree of sex-typing in young children's occupational aspirations and this has consequences for subsequent occupational segregation. Sociologists typically attribute early sex- differences in occupational preferences to gender socialization. Yet we still know surprisingly little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682967
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Discovering and explaining work-family strategies of parents in Luxembourg
Zhelyazkova N. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
The presented analysis discovers and explains typical patterns of work-family reconciliation for parents who had a child in the same period 2003 and in the same country Luxembourg, thus facing the same macroeconomic and institutional conditions. Work-family trajectories are reconstructed as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774748
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Parental leave take up and return to work of mothers in Luxembourg: An application of the model of nested dichotomies
Zhelyazkova N. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper analyses the use of parental leave after birth of a child for working mothers. Even though employment rates of women in industrialized countries are rising, women continue to assume the primary responsibility for caring for young children after they are born. Therefore it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774750
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Are all of the good men fathers? The effect of having children on earnings.
Kunze, Astrid - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014
This study reconsiders the empirical question of whether men’s earnings increase because of children. Large Norwegian register data are used for brother and twin pairs who are followed over their life cycle from their first entry into the labour market. The data permit family-fixed effects to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818869