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This paper calls into question the currently most influential model of international trade. An empirical finding by Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non-liberalized industries has been widely accepted as...
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women and men during US economic development. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, female and male BMIs … weights heavier than workers in other occupations. Women and men from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic had higher BMIs and …
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negative reporting of hypertension is more frequent among men than among women, even after conditioning on a series of … that women go to the doctor more often than men do and that they have better knowledge of their family medical history …
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women and men during US economic development. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, female and male BMIs … weights heavier than workers in other occupations. Women and men from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic had higher BMIs and …
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explaining the health status of women through the (multiple) family burdens and the chance to have a job …. Nevertheless, the difficulties Italian women still experience in planning and carrying out their (potential) professional and … private life have no similar explanations in other countries. We calculate the impact of several features of women's life in …
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. We find that women's living standards, as measured by their height, improved steadily from the end of World War II …
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, better health is found to contribute to higher labor income for both men and women, particularly among married couples, the …This study aims to better understand the causal links between health and labor income among middle-aged and older … adults. Much of the literature on health and employment consists of studies using data on young or working-age adults for the …
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Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it … more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast … Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines …
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on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … relatively high shares of women. The underlying mechanisms include employment gains for women and improvements in women's health … women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines …
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We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women … persistent negative implications on women's physical and mental health that is not just limited to the time of menstruation …. ****** Please cite the published version: Rahul Kumar and Bipasha Maity (2022), "Cultural norms and women's health: Implications of …
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