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Health, development, and institutional factors : the Mozambique case
Garrido, Paulo Ivo - 2020
the state of health of Mozambicans are the revision of the Constitution of the Republic, the strengthening of the National … Health System (particularly the National Health Service), and the reduction of poverty and economic and social inequality. …The central aim of this text is to show the impact institutions have on the performance of the health sector in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301886
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Characteristics and determinants of child malnutrition in Mozambique, 2003-11
Cardoso, José; Allwright, Lindsey; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2016
at a rather slow pace over the past 15 years. In this study, using the Mozambican Demographic and Health Surveys 2003 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573217
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Circular migration, marriage markets, and HIV : long-run evidence from Mozambique
Denton-Schneider, Jon - 2024
I study the impacts of exposure to one of Africa's largest circular migration flows using an arbitrary border within Mozambique that, from 1893 to 1942, separated areas where young men were either pushed into or prevented from migrating. Counterintuitively, but consistent with historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532526
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Spatial consumption inequality in Mozambique
Gradín, Carlos - 2024
In this paper, I show that the trend in spatial inequality in Mozambique almost entirely explains the outstanding surge in inequality in the country over the past decade, as well as its decline immediately after the pandemic, in contrast to its secondary role in the earliest years. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076273
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Do constraints on women worsen child deprivations? : framework, measurement, and evidence from India
Posso, Alberto; Smith, Stephen C.; Ferrone, Lucia - 2019
women's constraints on child outcomes using nationally representative household Demographic and Health Survey data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988590
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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India
Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255
We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of … similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011041794
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Mitigating Long-run Health Effects of Drought: Evidence from South Africa
Dinkelman, Taryn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
documents the long-run health effects of early life exposure to drought and investigates an important source of heterogeneity in … variation, I estimate long-run health impacts of drought exposure among Africans confined to homelands during apartheid. Drought … long-run effects on health human capital, migrant networks in poor economies provide one channel through which families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951388
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Mitigating long-run health effects of drought: Evidence from South Africa
Dinkelman, Taryn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
documents the long-run health effects of early life exposure to drought and investigates an important source of heterogeneity in … variation, I estimate long-run health impacts of drought exposure among Africans confined to homelands during apartheid. Drought … long-run effects on health human capital, migrant networks in poor economies provide one channel through which families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083817
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249771
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343255