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Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2004

This study investigates how per capita calorie intake in low income households of rural southwestern Nigeria responds to changes in total household income and women's share of household income. The study addresses two major questions. First, is calorie-income elasticity large enough to justify...

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WOMEN'S STATUS AND FERTILITY IN BENDEL STATE OF NIGERIA.

OKOJIE, C.E.E. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1990

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RETURNS TO WOMEN'S EDUCATION.

SCHULTZ, T.P. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1990

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IMPACT OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS ON FERTILITY AND GENDER SPECIFIC INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL OF CHILDREN IN RURAL INDIA: CROSS SECTIONAL AND TIME SERIES ANALYSIS.

DURAISAMY, P.; MALATHY, R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1990

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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana

Karlan, Dean; Berry, James; Pradhan, Menno - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2015

We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary … and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only … offered financial education. Both programs included a voluntary after-school savings club that provided students with a locked …

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Endowments and Investment within the Household: Evidence from Iodine Supplementation in Tanzania

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011

functions. Neonatal investments, made before cognitive endowments become apparent to parents, are unaffected. Fertility is …

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Learning, Misallocation, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from New Malaria Therapy in Tanzania

Adhvaryu, Achyuta - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011

I show that malaria misdiagnosis, common in resource-poor settings, decreases the expected effectiveness of an important new therapy–since only a fraction of treated individuals have malaria–and reduces the rate of learning via increased noise. Using pilot program data from Tanzania, I...

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Long-Run Price Elasticities of Demand for Credit: Evidence from a Countrywide Field Experiment in Mexico

Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013

The long-run price elasticity of demand for credit is a key parameter for intertemporal modeling, policy levers, and lending practice. We use randomized interest rates, offered across 80 regions by Mexico’s largest microlender, to identify a 29-month dollars-borrowed elasticity of -1.9. This...

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Labor Supply, Schooling and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011

We estimate the effects of higher quality healthcare usage on health, labor supply and schooling outcomes for sick individuals in Tanzania. Using exogenous variation in the cost of formal sector healthcare to predict treatment choice, we show that using better quality care improves health...

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Healthcare Choices, Information and Health Outcomes

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011

Self-selection into healthcare options on the basis of severity likely biases estimates of the effects of healthcare choice on health outcomes. Using an instrumental variables strategy which exploits exogenous variation in the cost of formal-sector care, we show that using such care to treat...

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