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At the crossroads of economics and human biology, this paper examines the extent to which pre-puberty nutritional conditions in one generation affect productivity-related outcomes in later generations. Recent studies have found a negative association between conditions at ages 8-12 and the...
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This paper examines the extent to which pre-puberty nutritional conditions in one generation affect productivity-related outcomes in later generations. Recent findings from the biological literature suggest that age 8-12 is a critical period for male germ cell development. We build on this...
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generated substantial long-term benefits, where pupils exposed to the program during their entire primary school period have 3 … percent greater life-time earnings. In addition, we find the effect to be greater for pupils that were exposed at earlier ages … and for pupils from poor households. Finally, exposure to the school lunch program had substantial effects on educational …
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measuring the impact of two key variables on this trade-off: capacity restraint and discount on the auction clearing price … consequently, the most predictable auction outcome. There are indications that a discount of 8% may suffice to incentivize …
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