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The fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of structural change

Büttner, Nicolas; Grimm, Michael; Günther, Isabel; … - 2023

Despite the recent economic growth in many countries on the African continent, the region has seen a slow fertility transition. In this study, we explore whether the lack of structural economic change can explain this slow fertility transition. We create a unique panel data set combining...

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Assessing the role of women empowerment for food security and nutrition: empirical evidence from Tunisia and India

Kruse, Marco - 2019

Equality for women in all areas of life is not only a fundamental human right, but is also a crucial prerequisite for achieving human development goals. Women constitute half of the world population and about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force, which makes the importance of research into...

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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Nsabimana, Aimable - In: European review of agricultural economics 51 (2024) 2, pp. 506-532

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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Nsabimana, Aimable - 2023

We investigate if financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda, using Rwandan Integrated Household … improving food expenditure or nutrition. Furthermore, the study reveals heterogeneous marginal effects of financial inclusion in … reducing the gender gap between the food demand and nutrition of femaleand male-headed households. The study provides …

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HIV/AIDS, Adult Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from Malawi

Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Malawi. The future course of fertility will have an impact on both macroeconomic variables, such as GDP per capita, and various socioeconomic factors like mother-to-child-transmission of HIV, child mortality, the...

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Armed conflict, household victimization, and child health in Côte d'Ivoire

Minoiu, Camelia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012

We examine the effect of the 2002-2007 civil conflict in Côte d'Ivoire on children's health status using household surveys collected before, during, and after the conflict, and information on the exact location and date of conflict events. Our identification strategy relies on exploiting both...

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Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults : Evidence from India

Dang, Archana - 2017

engagement and work intensity on the weight of urban working women and men in India. Using nationally representative data, a …

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Labor market engagement and the health of working adults : evidence from India

Dang, Archana; Maitra, Pushkar; Menon, Nidhiya - 2017

engagement and work intensity on the weight of urban working women and men in India. Using nationally representative data, a …

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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2022

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative sample of slum residents in two major Indian cities...

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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in two...

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