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Globalization and child health in developing countries : the role of democracy
Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - 2014
variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392832
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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries : The Role of Democracy
Welander, Anna - 2014
variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050566
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Childhood health and educational investment under risk
Kumra, Neha - In: IZA journal of labor & development 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-22
A huge literature shows that childhood health and educational attainment are highly correlated. However, estimates for the effect of childhood health on educational attainment under risk generally confound the effect of liquidity constraints and of lack of insurance against risk. It is unclear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655849
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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed. Even if there is no direct impact of microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848456
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The Effect of Investment Credit on Children's Schooling : Evidence from Pakistan
Menon, Nidhiya - 2004
This paper studies the influence of credit on children's schooling using data from Pakistan. It shows that credit need not increase the likelihood of school attendance for children who work in their household's non-farm enterprise. Moreover, credit obtained for investment purposes may reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068419
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How much should we trust linear instrumental variables estimators? : an application to family size and children's education
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - 2009
Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is non-linear. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003917067
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How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education
Mogstad, Magne - 2009
Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is non-linear. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154481
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The democracy dividend : how early exposure to democracy shapes health outcomes
Maggio, Federico; Rohner, Dominic; Saia, Alessandro - 2024
cumulative childhood exposure to democracy shapes adult health outcomes. It is found that growing up in bad regimes lastingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015052554
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"High"-school : the relationship between early marijuana use and educational outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Tronh; … - In: The economic record : er 91 (2015) 293, pp. 247-266
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343007
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"High"-school : the relationship between early marijuana use and educational outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - 2013
We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224588