seems to affect fetal growth, because infants born to mothers exposed to earth tremors in early and/or mid gestation are … more likely to be large for gestational age. The estimates suggest that relatively poorer Chilean mothers are more … evidence that suggests a possible mechanism that explains the varying results across socioeconomic status. Mothers with …

the following growth indicators of children born to adolescent mothers (age 19 years or below) with those born to older … regression-based estimates, children born to adolescent mothers were 0.01m (95% CI: -0.02, -0.01; p<0.01) shorter and weighed 0 ….2kg (-0.32, -0.07; p<0.01) less than children of older mothers at age 0-5 years. At age 6-12 years, those born to …

education and cost sharing among children in child rearing. Economies of scale in child rearing reduces the threshold logarithm … households to raise paid female labor supply and have more children by substituting child care for maternal time. A threshold … value placed on children and maternal time spent rearing children. The predictions explain recent evidence and identify …

A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to … assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …