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The effects of female HIV/AIDS status on fercility and child health in Cambodia
Okada, Keisuke - In: Journal of Asian economics 23 (2012) 5, pp. 560-570
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The Role of HIV Detection on Reproductive Health : Outcomes in Cameroon
Tequame, Miron - 2017
The paper compares fertility outcomes between women enrolled in HIV clinics and the DHS sample which were both administered in Yaoundé contemporaneously. Using propensity score matching, I show that fertility outcomes are contingent on age at which women are detected HIV positive. Younger women...
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Effects of adult health interventions at scale on children's schooling : evidence from antiretroviral therapy in Zambia
Lucas, Adrienne M.; Chidothe, Margaret; Wilson, Nicholas - In: Economics of education review 72 (2019), pp. 107-120
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Maternal Health and HIV
McIntyre, James - 2006
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the major factors affecting women's health, with 20 million women living with HIV and … from complications of pregnancy, childbirth and abortion occur annually. There is increasing evidence that HIV/AIDS …-related maternal deaths are escalating considerably, and AIDS has overtaken direct obstetric causes as the leading cause of maternal …
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting prevalence and for which we have access to...
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311793
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Determinants of ill health in Uganda : is it just the wealthy that are more healthy?
Lawson, David - 2004
This paper adopts a reduced form demand approach to analyse the key determinants influencing the health status of individuals in Uganda. In particular, we examine the importance of wealth, relative to other key determinants, and by employing both self reported and anthropometric sickness...
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Time-inconsistent health behavior and its impact on aging and longevity
Strulik, Holger; Werner, Katharina - 2019
We integrate time-inconsistent decision making due to hyperbolic discounting into a gerontologically founded life cycle model with endogenous aging and longevity. Individuals can slow down aging and postpone death by health investments and by reducing unhealthy consumption, conceptualized as...
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Better than a whip? : European attitudes toward health nudges
Reisch, Lucia A.; Sunstein, Cass R.; Gwozdz, Wencke - 2016 - Preliminary Draft
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