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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...
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and sons. -- Bosnia and Herzegovina ; children ; education ; parents ; school ; self-reported health … the short-run effects of parents' illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis is based on household panel data from … health that makes a difference as far as child schooling is concerned. Children whose mothers self-reported having poor …
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affects her children's health, but is also intrinsically linked to her spouse's labor market status and earnings. Paternal … health appears to be more linked to child schooling outcomes, especially for girls. When both parents are in poor health, the … negative effects on their children are compounded. Additionally, the consequences of poor parental health are enduring. Longer …
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Republic in promoting investments in children. Based on the capabilities approach to well-being initiated by Sen (2010), we … look at the impact of remittances and domestic transfer payments primarily from internal migration on children's education … children, and health habits of older children. We use unique panel data from the Kyrgyz Republic for 2005-2008 and thus control …
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Republic in promoting investments in children. Based on the capabilities approach to well-being initiated by Sen (2010), we … look at the impact of remittances and domestic transfer payments primarily from internal migration on children's education … children, and health habits of older children. We use unique panel data from the Kyrgyz Republic for 2005-2008 and thus control …
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in promoting investments in children. Based on the capabilities approach to well-being initiated by Sen (2010), we look … at the impact of remittances and domestic transfer payments primarily from internal migration on children's education and … health. Our outcomes include enrollment in school and preschool, expenditures, stunting and wasting of preschool children …
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in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed also experience improved health and …
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