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Physical height is an important economic variable re ecting health and human capital. Puzzlingly, however, differences in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In particular, children in India are shorter, on average, than children in Africa...
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, where productivity is higher and has increased further thanks to agglomeration effects. In the process, the rural-urban …
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, where productivity is higher and has increased further thanks to agglomeration effects. In the process, the rural-urban …
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Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with heightened exposure to environmental pollutants …, the economies of scale and density inherent to urban environments offer unique opportunities for mitigating or adapting to …
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consider such a question as a pertinent one. This article aims at analyzing the Urban EKC (UEKC) hypothesis. It tests it with a …: thus we control for the influence of urban size. Second, we only take in account pollutants due to a unique source, which … analysis to show that the influence of income may in fact reflect the influence of both urban form and consumers’ habits on …
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consider such a question as a pertinent one. This article aims at analyzing the Urban EKC (UEKC) hypothesis. It tests it with a …: thus we control for the influence of urban size. Second, we only take in account pollutants due to a unique source, which … analysis to show that the influence of income may in fact reflect the influence of both urban form and consumers’ habits on …
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Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with heightened exposure to environmental pollutants …, the economies of scale and density inherent to urban environments offer unique opportunities for mitigating or adapting to …
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Healthy food choices are a canonical example used to illustrate the importance of time preferences in behavioral … food choice, capturing a number of behaviors consistent with self-control problems, which provides direct evidence for the …
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address rural and urban food wastage. [Policy Brief No. 17]. URL …Food wastage is prevalent in Southeast Asia and has significant implications for the region’s food, environmental and … economic security. It is likely that the region wastes approximately 33 per cent of food, but accurate estimates are not …
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beverage products. Food expenditures and incomes have grown much more slowly for rural and low-income urban households. … safety in food. Food expenditures grow faster than quantities purchased as income rises, suggesting that consumers with … income elasticity of demand for quantity of most foods is near zero. China’s food market is becoming segmented. The demand …
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