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structure on child health. …
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We study the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Cote d’Ivoire and investigate the extent to which cocoa producers’ children suffered from this severe income shock in terms of school enrollment, increased labor, height stature and sickness. Comparing pre-crisis...
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areas. Many papers in the public health literature show associations between access to clean water sources or improved …
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We investigated the impacts of piped water on water quality, sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes in marginalized … group of households to identify gains in water-sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes. We found that the BMDA piped water … health benefits, such as decreased diarrhea incidence of in under-five children, improved child anthropometrics stunting …
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This study finds evidence of irreversible health deficits amongst young children who were exposed to the Lord … deviation fall in height-for-age z-scores amongst children exposed for a period of more than six months. In contrast, the health … resolution to conflict, in particular where it impacts heavily upon civilian populations, without which, the health consequences …
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investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and …
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between labor market engagement and health in developing countries. …
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We estimate the impact of exposure to conflict on health outcomes using geographic information on households' distance … measured at the imprecise regional level. Results are robust to addressing endogenous migration. Health service disruptions and … maternal stressors are potential explanations for the negative health effects on children. …
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Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings. …
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supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses … short-run. -- Intrahousehold allocation ; health ; human capital ; fertility ; quantile treatment effects ; stochastic …
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