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Family planning program effects : a review of evidence from microdata
Miller, Grant; Babiarz, Kimberly Singer - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460250
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The effects of expanding a neonatal intensive care system on infant mortality and long-term health impairments
Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor; … - 2020
Emergency Transportation System (NETS) on neonatal and infant mortality and long-term impairments. We utilize gradual expansion …, using changing distance as an instrument. Improving access to delivering in a city with a NICU decreases 0-6-day mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212846
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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515874
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Climate change impacts on birth outcomes in Brazil
Pereda, Paula Carvalho; Menezes, Tatiane; Alves, … - 2014
This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285571
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The effect of family disruption on children's personality development : evidence from British longitudinal data
Prevoo, Tyas; Weel, Bas ter - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304913
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Essays in public economics
Balan-Cohen, Andreea - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696670
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Saving teens : using a policy discontinuity to estimate the effects of Medicaid eligibility
Meyer, Bruce D.; Wherry, Laura R. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009622494
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Life expectancy and mother-baby interventions : evidence from a historical trial
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2016
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483902
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Saving teens : using a policy discontinuity to estimate the effects of medicaid eligibility
Wherry, Laura R.; Meyer, Bruce D. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 51 (2016) 3, pp. 556-588
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560532
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Life expectancy and mother-baby interventions : evidence from a historical trial
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2014
was systematically larger among children born out of wedlock, who also exhibit higher baseline rates of infant mortality … and children. We study a program trialed 1931-33 in seven Swedish medical districts, assembling individual data from … and infant mortality. In addition, we track individuals exposed to the program together with unexposed individuals from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406825