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Menezes, Livia; Foureaux Koppensteiner, Martin - 2023

We estimate the causal effect of individual criminal victimisation in robbery and theft on birth outcomes using a unique dataset from Brazil combining information on the universe of victims of crime with vital statistics data. We find that victimisation during pregnancy reduces birthweight by...

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Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health : Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen - 2012

declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in "surviving fertility" persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades …

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Entitled to property: inheritance laws, female bargaining power, and child health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the effects of an inheritance law change, the Hindu...

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Under the Weather : Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

Maccini, Sharon - 2010

How sensitive is long-run individual well-being to environmental conditions early in life? This paper examines the effect of weather conditions around the time of birth on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian adults born between 1953 and 1974. We link historical...

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Family planning and women's and children's health : long term consequences of an outreach program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2012

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First and second generation impacts of the biafran war

Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2017

We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational...

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First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War

Akresh, Richard - 2017

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Entitled to property : how breaking the gender barrier improves child health in India

Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023

Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...

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Detailed geographic information, conflict exposure, and health impacts

Akresh, Richard; Caruso, Germán; Thirumurthy, Harsha - 2016

We estimate the impact of exposure to conflict on health outcomes using geographic information on households' distance from conflict sites - a more accurate measure of shock exposure – and compare the impact on children exposed in utero versus after birth. The identification strategy relies on...

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Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Mansoor, Nazia; Randazzo, Teresa - 2020

childbearing age, son bias in stated fertility preferences has weakened and there is an emerging preference for gender balance. We … analysis, we show that in contrast to stated fertility preferences, actual fertility decisions are still shaped by son …

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