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A validation study of transgenerational effects of childhood conditions on the third generation offspring's economic and health outcomes potentially driven by epigenetic imprinting
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia - 2014
animal studies. We provide an external validation by analyzing the impact of the German famine of 1916-1918 on children and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252665
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Transgenerational effects of childhood conditions on third generation health and education outcomes
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia - 2014
transmits to children and grandchildren. Our findings indicate that third generation males (females) tend to have higher mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462133
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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition : evidence from a school lunch reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2017
We examine the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools. For this purpose, we use historical data on the gradual implementation of the policy across municipalities and employ a difference- in-differences design to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776044
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Low malnutrition but high mortality : explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region
Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2009
malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub … information from GIS and malaria databases to construct variables that capture additional components of children's geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003876399
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Low malnutrition but high mortality : explaining the puzzle of the Lake Victoria region
Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2010
malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub … information from GIS and malaria databases to construct variables that capture additional components of children's geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337313
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An econometric analysis of food security in West Pokot, Uasin Gishu and Baringo districts of Kenya
Sulo, Timothy - 2005 - 1. Aufl.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003109007
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Supermarket shopping and nutritional outcomes : a panel data analysis for urban Kenya
Demmler, Kathrin M.; Ecker, Olivier; Qaim, Matin - 2017
effects of supermarkets on consumer diets and nutrition is thin. A few existing studies have analyzed related linkages with … cross-sectional survey data. We add to this literature by using panel data from households and individuals in urban Kenya … confirm that the retail environment affects people's food choices and nutrition. However, the effects depend on the types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615651
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Supermarket shopping and nutritional outcomes : a panel data analysis for urban Kenya
Demmler, Kathrin M.; Ecker, Olivier; Qaim, Matin - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 102 (2018), pp. 292-303
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011976597
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Managing interactions between household food security and preschooler health
Haddad, Lawrence James; Bhattarai, Saroj; Immink, Maarten D. - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013420074
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Child nutrition, child health, and school enrollment : a longitudinal analysis
Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Lavy, Victor; … - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000955013