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We document the spatial diffusion of Friedrich Froebel’s radical invention of kindergartens in 19th-century Germany. The first kindergarten was founded at Froebel’s birthplace. Early spatial diffusion can be explained by cultural proximity, measured by historical dialect similarity, to...
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1980s with average height of around 171 cm for males and 158 cm for females at age 18. Unidentified characteristics in the … countries in combining contrasted health outcomes: a stagnation of height suggests a decline in biological well-being, but this … conditions are unavailable. As a second best, we take advantage of the regional variance in average height and other indicators …
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En este trabajo estudiamos la evolución de la estatura de los colombianos nacidos entre 1946 y 1992. El análisis se realiza para los principales grupos étnicos del país y con este fin utilizamos una muestra de la Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud y de la Encuesta Nacional de la...
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Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non … to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …
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, sibling size and maternal height, the coefficient associated with being an Indian girl is no longer statistically significant. …
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indicate that the HSAA improved children's height and weight. Furthermore, we uncover evidence supporting a mechanism whereby …
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Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non … to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583092
, sibling size and maternal height, the coefficient associated with being an Indian girl is no longer statistically significant. …
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indicate that the HSAA improved children's height and weight. Furthermore, we uncover evidence supporting a mechanism whereby …
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We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and ….01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland similar to European countries for the top 1 percent group but closer to the … suggests that labor incomes have become more important among top income earners in Switzerland. This is in line with findings …
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