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Diet Quality, Child Health and Food Policies in Developing Countries
Bhargava, Alok - 2014
While the importance of diet quality for improving child health is widely recognized, the roles of environmental … policy framework. Moreover, nutrient intakes gradually affect child health so that it is helpful to use alternative tools for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046557
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Economic conditions at birth, birth weight, ability, and the causal path to cardiovascular mortality
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127786
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Does universalization of health work? evidence from health systems restructuring and maternal and child health in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodigo R. - 2016
We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329078
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076150
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Parental unemployment during the Great Recession and childhood adiposity
Briody, Jonathan - 2020
The incidence of adiposity in the early years of life has outgrown the prevalence rate in older children and adolescents globally; however, the relationships between unemployment and weight are predominantly studied in adults. This study examines the relationship between changing economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221289
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Forced labor and health-related outcomes : the case of beggar children
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health …-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the capital city of Greece, Athens, where beggar children are not a … forced child begging was negatively associated with health-related quality of life and mental health for beggar children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388905
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Forced labor and health-related outcomes : the case of beggar children
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health …-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the capital city of Greece, Athens, where beggar children are not a … forced child begging was negatively associated with health-related quality of life and mental health for beggar children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014430299
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Temperature and sex ratios at birth
Ghany, Jasmin Abdel; Wilde, Joshua; Dimitrova, Anna; … - 2024
Sex ratios at birth shape populations and are linked to maternal health and gender discrimination. We estimate the … girls. These findings demonstrate that climate change harms maternal health, increases prenatal mortality, and reduces … engagement with the health system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064462
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Sins of the Fathers : The Intergenerational Legacy of the 1959-61 Great Chinese Famine on Children's Cognitive Development
Tan, Chih Ming; Zhibo, Tan; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2015
The effect of early exposure to malnutrition on the next generation’s cognitive abilities has rarely been studied in human beings in large part due to lack of data. A natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine, and a novel dataset are employed to study this effect. The paper finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147594