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Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Rawlings, Samantha - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 2, pp. 660-672
This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to changes in the socioeconomic and public health environment into which children are born using individual survey data on 2.24 million children born to 600,000 mothers during the period 1970 to 2000 in 38...
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Environmental health and education : Towards sustainable growth
Raffin, Natacha - HAL - 2009
This article aims at investigating the interplay between environmental quality, health and development. We consider an OLG model, where human capital dynamics depend on the current environment, through its impact on children's school attendance. In turn, environmental quality dynamics depend on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738589
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Aid Effectiveness for Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Cross‑country Analyses, with a Special Focus on Vulnerable Countries
Guillaumont, Patrick; Wagner, Laurent - In: Revue d’économie du développement 22 (2014) HS01, pp. 217-261
: the economic growth, the public social expenditures, and the macroeconomic stabilizing impact, interrelated with the two …
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L'efficacité de l'aide pour réduire la pauvreté : leçons des analyses transversales et influence de la vulnérabilité des pays
Guillaumont, Patrick; Wagner, Laurent - In: Revue d’économie du développement 21 (2013) 4, pp. 115-164
: the economic growth, the public social expenditures, and the macroeconomic stabilizing impact, interrelated with the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011187622
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The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
Weisbrot, Mark; Ray, Rebecca - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2011
This paper examines data on economic growth and various social indicators for 193 countries over the past 50 years … growth and in progress on social indicators during the second (1980-2000) period, there has been a recovery on both economic … growth and, for many countries, a rebound in progress on social indicators (including life expectancy, adult, infant, and …
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Does Aid Work for the Poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
looked mainly at the relationship between aid and national aggregates, per capita GDP growth in particular. A specific … concern of the paper is the impact of aid on the wealth, education and health of the poorest. Results indicate that while aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552483
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Low-income housing in high-amenity areas: Long-run impacts on residential development
Thorsnes, Paul; Alexander, Robert; Kidson, David - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
Centre-left governments from the 1940s into the 1970s developed several large areas in the urban fringe of Dunedin, New Zealand for low-density, mostly single-family public rental housing. The public housing in these areas is now accessible, well endowed with natural amenities, and allocated to...
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Can India Achieve Double-digit growth ?
Herd, Richard; Conway, Paul; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
strengthen social welfare systems and access to health and education to ensure widespread benefits from continued high growth …In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis … investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the …
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The Ambivalent Role of Religion for Sustainable Development: A Review of the Empirical Evidence
Basedau, Matthias; Gobien, Simone; Prediger, Sebastian - 2017
Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable development. However, empirical studies have shown that religion remains important in many societies and that its importance has been increasing since the beginning of the new millennium. This paper reviews the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595421
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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009
, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million … maternal health by (relative) height. We find that improvements in maternal education, income and public health provision that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269601