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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lindeboom, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 39 (2015) C, pp. 17-30
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
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Health, Nutrition and Academic Achievement: New Evidence from India
Kingdon, Geeta - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2010
nutrition will have benefits that extend beyond health into education. …Using new and unique panel data, we investigate the role of long-term health and childhood malnutrition in schooling … on mathematics and Hindi tests, we examine the role of the endogeneity of health caused by omitted variables bias and …
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Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes
Scholte, Robert; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lindeboom, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646289
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HOUSEHOLD FOOD CHOICE IN FOUR FOOD CATEGORIES:HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY?
Binkley, James; Golub, Alla - Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University - 2010
The interest of this study is the tradeoff between nutrition and taste in consumer food choice. We examine choice … through ignorance. This makes the choice between taste and nutrition more apparent. We use annual expenditure data reported by … nutrition, but primarily for cereal and bread: beverages are little affected. Older households tend to make healthier choices …
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Keep your friends close: The effect of local social networks on child human capital outcomes
Adelman, Sarah - In: Journal of Development Economics 103 (2013) C, pp. 284-298
Social networks can affect demand for human capital investments by relaxing household time or budget constraints or by defining and reinforcing human capital preferences. However, empirically identifying the effect of social networks on human capital investment is usually problematic because...
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Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru: A Within-Sibling Investigation
Outes, Ingo; Porter, Catherine; Sanchez, Alan; Escobal, … - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú - 2011
correlations to be genuinely causal. We reexamine the nutrition and cognition link, applying instrumental variable methods to a …
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Can economic crises be good for your diet?
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - 2011
With fortuitously timed data - collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria - we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282563
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; van den Berg, Gerard; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial dermacations are clear, it was severe, it was anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321129
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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