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Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan; Wüst, Miriam - 2023
A major policy concern across public vaccination programs is non-compliance. Exploiting Danish population data and … three national reforms in regression discontinuity designs, we document the effects of reminders for childhood vaccination … recommended vaccination age. Digital and postal reminders are equally effective. Prospective reminders increase timely …
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Anthropometric mobility during childhood
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - 2013
While childhood obesity has become a significant public health concern over the last few decades, knowledge concerning the origins of or persistence in childhood anthropometric measures is incomplete. Here, we utilize several nonparametric measures of mobility to assess the evolution of weight,...
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The impact of cannabis use on short-term educational outcomes
Mart, Joaquim; Perini, Lionel - 2013
In this paper we use longitudinal data on Swiss adolescents to nvestigate the impact of cannabis use on short-term educational performance. We focus our analysis on high school students and analyze various outcomes, including absenteeism, grades, and motivation. We exploit the panel nature of...
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The origins of early childhood anthropometric persistence
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - 2013
Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little is known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...
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The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2013
Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little is known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074169
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The Role of Women's Empowerment on Child Nutrition in India
Chatterjee, Poulami - 2019
Child malnutrition remains a pervasive problem in India though there are significant improvements in several health indicators with country's consistent economic growth. Along with other factors, maternal autonomy is considered to be critical in influencing health outcome of a child. This paper...
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Can Viagra Advertising Make More Babies? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Public Health Outcomes
Kim, TI Tongil; KC, Diwas Singh - 2020
Although product advertising has been widely studied and understood in relation to the consumer’s purchase decision, advertising may also have unintended but important societal and economic consequences. In this paper, we examine a public health outcome — birth rate — associated with...
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Does birth underregistration reduce childhood immunization? : evidence from the Dominican Republic
Corbacho, Ana; Brito, Sreve; Osorio Rivas, René - 2013
probability of vaccination against polio, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus-once leading causes of child morbidity and infant … mortality. In addition, untimely vaccination costs governments billions per year in treatment and rehabilitation. …
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The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China
Oskorouchi, Hamid - 2020
Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and … treatment on the treated effect of childhood vaccination. Our results confirm that vaccinations before the age of 15 have long …
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Early life access to polio vaccines and declining disability rates in India
Ambade, Mayanka; Menon, Nidhiya; Subramanian, S. V. - 2022
We evaluate the impact of oral polio vaccines on the incidence of disabilities in India, focusing on polio-related disability. Polio was hyperendemic in India even as recently as the early 1990s but the country was declared wild polio virus-free in 2014. Average treatment effects on the treated...
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