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This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure to the severe Dutch Hunger Winter famine (1944/45) on … labor market outcomes and hospitalization. This famine is clearly demarcated in time and space. It was not anticipated …. Nutritional conditions were stable before and after the famine. We provide results of exposure by sub-interval of gestation. We …
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-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero …, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that adverse outcomes due to the famine are largest for infants. Further, in … our regression analysis we exploit the fact that the famine was more severe in urban than in rural areas. Consistent with …
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-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero …, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that adverse outcomes due to the famine are largest for infants. Further, in … our regression analysis we exploit the fact that the famine was more severe in urban than in rural areas. Consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003949069
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in … society were favorable and stable before and after the famine. This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure … examine long-run effects of this famine. We provide results of famine exposure by sub-interval of gestation. We find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557655
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in … society were favorable and stable before and after the famine. This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure … examine long-run effects of this famine. We provide results of famine exposure by sub-interval of gestation. We find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530154
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The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in … society were favorable and stable before and after the famine. This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure … examine long-run effects of this famine. We provide results of famine exposure by sub-interval of gestation. We find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066685
Why is the urban-rural gap in child malnutrition increasing in Peru despite government efforts to improve the provision of public services? To answer this question, the impact of regional public expenditure in Peru on young children's nutritional outcomes is examined. To account for policy...
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China's 1959-1961 famine caused about 15-30 million excess death tolls, standing out as the worst in human history … individual level dataset, tries to quantify the long-term effects of the famine on the health and economic status of the … survivors. While the main approach adopted by many previous studies relies on the variations in the exposure to the famine by …
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children living in poor households in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh state), Peru and Vietnam. By adopting a methodology to … bargaining power has a negative effect on girls' health, whereas in Ethiopia no differential effect is found. Further analysis …
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