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Low-income people, especially the rural poor in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), have limited access to healthcare when they are sick. To address this issue, the governments of LMICs have initiated health insurance programs that target these poor populations. However, the health...
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Low-income people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have limited access to healthcare when they are sick. To address this issue, the governments of LMICs have initiated health insurance programs that target these poor populations. However, the health benefits these programs provide are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433445
Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition...
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This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel data for the period 1997-2004, when the country underwent economic reforms leading to massive layoffs. We find that paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal...
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This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel data for the period 1997-2004, when the country underwent economic reforms leading to massive layoffs. We find that paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497178
We examine the effect of family income on child health using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We find a significant child health/family income gradient for the overall sample of Chinese children. Our preferred specification shows that the income gradient increases with child age...
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Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as an overall indicator of food security under climate...
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This paper investigates the interrelation between adaptation and climate protection efforts of individuals in a cross …, private adaptation and climate protection activities are determined by different factors and thus cannot be substitutes …. Considering seven climate protection and four adaptation measures, these theoretical predictions are tested empirically using …
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Temporal evolution of extreme temperature effects on agriculture is important for understanding adaptation to climate …-1996 period is 40% to 50% less than that in the pre-1996 period. Second, estimation of marginal adaptation effects of … inputs points to irrigation as the central input for adaptation among the inputs that can be observed in our data. The …
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data over a 32-year period. The panel data model and time series region model with/without adaptation are applied at the … effect is crop-specific, not general. With adaptation, the economic impacts of warming on grain production are always … provinces, such as Shandong and Hebei, are very vulnerable. However, this study finds that the adaptation by irrigation is not …
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