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serious health risk in developing countries. This paper examines improvements in respiratory health for children five and …
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This research explores the role of sunshine in birth outcomes production. Its most obvious role is through Vitamin D absorption, which could explain racial disparities because skin pigmentation inhibits this process. However, the effects of sunshine are complex and closely connected to...
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. Based on it, we designed the agriculture-household model, which predicts that health outcomes of child is dependent on …
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We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a …
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the effects of air quality on children's health. The IV estimates show that the respiratory illness health care visit rate …. Importantly, by linking the health care data to detailed records of parental background characteristics, we show that children …
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the effects of air quality on children's health.The IV estimates show that the respiratory illness health care visit rate …. Importantly, by linking the health care data to detailed records of parental background characteristics, we show that children …
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effect of weather conditions around the time of birth on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian … their year and location of birth are 3.8 percentage points less likely to self-report poor or very poor health, attain 0 … to higher household incomes and food availability and better health for infant girls. We present suggestive evidence that …
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For decades, the debate on using DDT to control malaria has focused on the balance between immediate public health …
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supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this … health. Using data on the entire universe of births in the US over 25 years, we find that an increase in the minimum wage is …, which are some channels through which minimum wage can affect infant health. Labor market policies that enhance wages can …
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