Showing 1 - 10 of 16,525
in Sub-Saharan and Asia. Both regions did not achieve the MDG target of reducing under-5 mortality by two thirds by 2015 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714559
Anthropometric indicators, in particular the height for a particular age, are found to be lowest in South Asia compared …, this discrepancy between the undernutrition rates between South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa should be expected to decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779738
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009554295
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725431
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725439
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725447
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012548162
The infant mortality rates in 45 Asian countries (1960-2018), obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database, are investigated using the I(d) framework, which allows for simultaneous estimation of the degree of persistence and nonlinearities in infant mortality rates as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214852
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013365934
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967