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Headey, Derek; Ruel, Marie T. - 2020

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Did the celtic tiger decrease socio-economic differentials in perinatal mortality in Ireland?

Layte, Richard; Clyne, Barbara - 2009

Irish perinatal mortality rates have been falling steadily for a number of decades but evidence from the 1980s showed pronounced differentials in mortality rates across socio-economic groups. Between 1995 and 2007 Irish gross national product increased from 60 per cent of the EU average to 110...

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The cognitive link between geography and development : iodine dificiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania

Field, Erica Marie; Robles, Omar; Torero, Máximo - 2008

"An estimated 20 million children born each year are at risk of brain damage from in utero iodine deficiency, the only … improvements in cognitive ability attributable to the intervention by assessing whether children who benefited from IOC in utero … exhibit higher rates of grade progression at ages 10 to 14 relative to siblings and older and younger children in the district …

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Growing in the womb : the effect of seismic activity on fetal growth

Álvarez, Rocío; Chirkova, Serafima; Romero, J. Gabriel - 2018

We study how prenatal maternal stress, caused by sustained seismic activity, affects birth outcomes in Chile during the period 2011-2015. A mother-fixed-effect model together with the spatiotemporal variation of earthquakes in Chile allow us to deal with identification issues that have obscured...

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Poverty and survival

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

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Poverty and survival

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data...