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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2020
-income countries, where this phenomenon is prevalent. Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419034
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026021
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037965
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many developing countries in recent decades. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534168
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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: a cross-country study
Tansel, Aysıt; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. In this study, the proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI since there is a strong relationship between cognitive ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012655284
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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: a cross-country study
Tansel, Aysıt; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. The proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI. We use the reduced form equation in the cubic specification of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623829
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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings : a cross-country study
Tansel, Aysıt; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. In this study, the proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI since there is a strong relationship between cognitive ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619180
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes : Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many developing countries in recent decades. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172639
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Estimating the Effects of Teen Motherhood in Chile : A Family Fixed Effects Approach
Berthelon, Matias - 2017
We study the effect of adolescent motherhood on education and labor outcomes among 20-24 year old women in Chile. We identify causal effects of motherhood with family fixed effects using a large data set covering the 1990-2011 period. Teen motherhood has negative effects on education and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952943
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Estimating the effects of teen motherhood in Chile : a family fixed effects approach
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Eberhard, Juan P. - In: Estudios de economía 44 (2017) 1, pp. 5-32
We study the effect of adolescent motherhood on education and labor outcomes among 20-24 year old women in Chile. We identify causal effects of motherhood with family fixed effects using a large data set covering the 1990-2011 period. Teen motherhood has negative effects on education and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979952