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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013
Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015
After years of economic decline, conflict, and instability, the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved rapid economic growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent growth has been accompanied by improvements in...
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The impact of migration on family left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child …
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The impact of migration on family left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child … migrates. -- migration ; left behind ; elderly ; children …
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The power of Lakshmi : monetary incentives for raising a girl
Biswas, Nabaneeta; Cornwell, Christopher Mark; … - 2021
Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are "missing" at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a conditional cash transfer that pays parents to invest in daughters, but existing evidence on their effectiveness is sparse. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we evaluate the...
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Cash Transfers for Child Development : Experimental Evidence from India
Weaver, Jeffrey; Sukhtankar, Sandip; Niehaus, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …
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Measuring the cost of children : knowing the real cost of children is important for crafting better economic policy
Donni, Olivier - 2015
The cost of children is a critical parameter used in determining many economic policies. For instance, correctly … setting the tax deduction for families with children requires assessing the true household cost of children. Evaluating child … poverty at the individual level requires making a clear distinction between the share of family resources received by children …
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Human capital development and parental investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015
-15 years of age using two cohorts of children drawn from the Young Lives Survey for India. The inputs into the production …
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Echo Effects of Early-Life Health Shocks : The Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Malnutrition During the Great Leap Forward Famine in China
Li, Jinhu - 2020
wide range of outcomes of children of mothers who were exposed in-utero including income, education, employment, and … affected and their children. We find that on average, the famine had negative echo effects on second-generation outcomes. These …
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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio - 2017
We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million … children aged 0-5 are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production functions include parental background …
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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio - 2019
We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production … affect cognitive development at all ages, but more so for younger children. Investments also have an impact on health at …
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