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This paper examines the effect of domestic violence on the health of ever-married women of reproductive age group in … India. Micro-level National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III) data for the year 2005-06 has been used in the study. We employ … disease, body mass index, under nutrition level and anemia as the measures of health and physical, emotional and sexual forms …
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This paper examines the effect of domestic violence on the health of ever-married women of reproductive age group in … India. Micro-level National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III) data for the year 2005-06 has been used in the study. We employ … disease, body mass index, under nutrition level and anemia as the measures of health and physical, emotional and sexual forms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031394
The opioid crisis generates broader societal harms beyond direct health and economic effects, impacting non …
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This paper estimates the effect of female economic empowerment on domestic violence. I use individual level data from high-quality Swedish administrative registers on women's earnings and hospital visits relating to assault. With this third-party reported violence measure, I overcome the issue...
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countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …
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incorporates mental and physical health. Correlated mental and physical health production functions are simultaneously estimated …, including the endogenous decisions to seek psychotherapy and smoke cigarettes as health accumulation factors. The model is … indicate that mental health has a stronger impact on labor supply than physical health. At the same time, estimates show that …
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I explore a unique exogenous instrument to examine how the intra-familial position of women influence health outcomes … of their children using micro data from Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, 2008. Using the 2 SLS-IV estimation … technique, I build a model of household bargaining and child health development with perceptions of women regarding wife …
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physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0 … understanding of the child health production process in a developing country context. …
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children aged below five years. Using detailed dataset from the current and fourth round of the National Family Health Survey … child health outcomes, we find that while domestic violence primarily affects child health via deterioration in maternal … health, neglect of children in terms of inadequate provision of essential child care also seem to matter. The results from …
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presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked … victimization rate. As infant health is a strong predictor of life-long well-being, and women of lower socioeconomic status are more …
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