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Height in mid childhood and psychosocial competencies in late childhood : evidence from four developing countries
Dercon, Stefan; Sánchez, Alan - In: Economics and human biology 11 (2013) 4, pp. 426-432
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Endogenous inclusion in the demographic and health survey anthropometric sample : implications for studying height within households
Spears, Dean; Coffey, Diane; Behrman, Jere R. - In: Journal of development economics 155 (2022), pp. 1-10
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Lasting impact on health from natural disasters, potential mechanisms and mitigating effects
Dhamija, Gaurav; Sen, Gitanjali - In: Environment and development economics 28 (2023) 1, pp. 1-24
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Height and cognitive achievement among Indian children
Spears, Dean - In: Economics & Human Biology 10 (2012) 2, pp. 210-219
learning tests, this paper documents a height–achievement slope among Indian children. The height–achievement slope in India is …Taller children perform better on average on tests of cognitive achievement, in part because of differences in early …-life health and net nutrition. Recent research documenting this height–achievement slope has primarily focused on rich countries …
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Vulnerabilidad de los hogares en Colombia ante cambios en el ciclo econo?mico
Restrepo, María Angélica Arbeláez; Oscar Becerra C. - In: COYUNTURA ECONÓMICA (2009)
Utilizando informacio?n de encuestas de hogares y me?todos econome?tricos, se analizan los choques que enfrentan diferentes tipos de hogares en Colombia en distintas fases del ciclo econo?mico, la vulnerabilidad de los mismos y sus reacciones frente a choques de ingreso, y se evalu?a si los...
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Determinants of Food Insecurity among Households in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
Gebre, Girma Gezimu - In: Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - … 10 (2012) 2, pp. 159-173
Even though there is long-held belief that urban populations are better off, or even favoured than rural populations, the recent food and financial crises have highlighted the problem of urban food insecurity in developing countries. Hence, the overall objective of this study was to examine the...
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Determinants of Food Insecurity among Households in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
Gebre, Girma Gezimu - In: Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - … 10 (2012) 2, pp. 159-173
Even though there is long-held belief that urban populations are better off, or even favoured than rural populations, the recent food and financial crises have highlighted the problem of urban food insecurity in developing countries. Hence, the overall objective of this study was to examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585954
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Rational application of water and wastewater management in the cardboard and paper industry according to sustainability criteria
Boguniewicz-Zabłocka, Joanna - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 4, pp. 643-653
The problems of environment protection in the industrial sectors are becoming more and more relevant, with strict legal requirements that imply considerable investments. This encourages researchers to look for new systemic solutions and methodologies to improve efficiency of environment...
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The water-wastewater-sludge sector and the circular economy
Lipinska, Danuta - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 4, pp. 121-137
opportunities of the water-sewage-sludge industry in the implementation of the circular economy. To realize this objective, a review … from sewage and the reuse of wastewater, as well as the recovery of phosphorus from the wastewater treatment, processing … and disposal of sewage sludge. The results of the study show that: (1) there are significant links between the development …
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Household Health Expenditure in Mexico and its Relation with Resource Availability, Remittances and Intra-household Allocation
Gil, Jorge N. Valero; Villarreal, María de Lourdes Treviño - In: Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA XIX (2010) 2, pp. 311-342
This study analyzes the effect that the availability of resources and remittances have on household healthcare expenditure, as well as its intra-household allocation, a topic that has barely been explored in the case of Mexico. Using a Tobit model and GLS, we find that health is a luxury good,...
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