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Examination of estimates of the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life based on international stated preference studies yields an average between 0.94 and 1.05 overall and 0.65 and 0.80 after controlling for covariates. Quantile regression estimates indicate that the income...
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There is world-wide convergence in life expectancy, despite little convergence in GDP per capita. If one values longer life much more than material happiness, the world living standards may this have already converged substantially. This paper introduces the concept of the dynastic general...
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increased fertility rate due to higher child mortality and limited access to healthcare services. However, we know much less … fertility by focusing on the UN intervention in Liberia. Combining DHS birth history data with information on road distance to … UN military compounds, we find that women living in the proximity of peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the …
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theory suggests that a permanent decline in maternal mortality initially increases fertility and generates a permanent rise …This paper examines the impact of the decline in maternal mortality on fertility and women's human capital. Fertility … in women's human capital, relative to men. The resulting rise in the opportunity cost of children leads to a subsequent …
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diseases / Gerald T. Keusch, Christa Fischer-Walker, Jai K. Das, Susan Horton, and Demissie Habte -- Vaccines for children in … -- Management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition in children / Lindsey Lenters, Kerri Wazny, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta -- Infant …
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