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THE IMPACT OF HIV/ AIDS ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION IN AFRICA

Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale … and scope of the pandemic and its anticipated impact on education systems in heavily infected sub-Saharan African … (SADC) region. The paper concludes by suggesting how the education sector can improve its management response to the …

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Nutrition Knowledge, Household Coping, and the Demand for Micronutrient-Rich Foods

Block, Steven - Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition … - 2003

This study applies both parametric and non-parametric techniques to a new household data set from rural Indonesia to explain previous findings of a reduced-form relationship between nutrition knowledge and child micronutrient status. Households of mothers with and without nutrition knowledge...

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The impact of cannabis use on short-term educatonal outcomes

Perini, Lionel; Marti, Joachim - Institut de recherches économiques (IRENE), Faculté … - 2013

heterogeneity into account when assessing the impact of substance use on education. …

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Does drinking impair college performance? Evidence from a regression discontinuity approach

Carrell, Scott E.; Hoekstra, Mark; West, James E. - In: Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) 1, pp. 54-62

This paper examines the effect of alcohol consumption on student achievement. To do so, we exploit the discontinuity in drinking at age 21 at a college in which the minimum legal drinking age is strictly enforced. We find that drinking causes significant reductions in academic performance,...

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Three Empirical Essays on the Long-Run Consequences of Early-Life Living Conditions

Neelsen, Sven - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …

This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...

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Living better in a better world: an ecosystemic approach for the governance of complex systems

Pilon, André Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

the “boiling pot”. Beyond the creation of choices and the development of capacities and motivations, education …, environment, health and quality of life must be embedded into and promoted by the cultural, social, political and economical …

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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children

Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2012

have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015

worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health … interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests that both types of interventions may benefit not only child health …

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Long-term effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health : evidence from colonial Taiwan

Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - 2011

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … childhood ; education ; health ; Taiwan … to worse mental and physical health outcomes in old age as reflected in particular in worse cognitive function, a higher …

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Education, health and mortality : evidence from a social experiment

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Simeonova, Emilia - 2012

We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was … or 8 years depending on municipality to 9 years nationally. We use detailed individual data on education … study the effect of the education reform on three main groups of outcomes: (i) mortality until age 60 for different causes …

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