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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns
Kuegler, Alice - 2009
"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394151
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The elimination of Madagascar's vanilla marketing board, ten years on
Cadot, Olivier - 2006
contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …
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INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and Complementary Services : Status Report
World Bank - 2013
ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …
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Month of birth and children's health in India
Lokshin, Michael - 2009
"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon months have lower anthropometric scores compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394107
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Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2009
"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health and education. One hypothesis for this...
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Environmental health and child survival : epidemiology, economics, experiences
2008
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Nonlinear effects of altitude on child growth in Peru : a multilevel analysis
Gragnolati, Michele - 2006
"Growth at high altitude has been the object of many investigations after experimental studies on animals showed that hypoxia at high altitude slows growth. Many studies have also looked at the Andean populations and found different results. Even though a few studies find that individuals living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522237
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The effects of migration on child health in Mexico
Hildebrandt, Nicole - 2005
"The authors investigate the impact of international migration on child health outcomes in rural Mexico using a nationally representative demographic survey. They use historic migration networks as instruments for current household migration to the United States in order to correct for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522627
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Child health and the 1988-92 economic crisis in Peru
Paxson, Christina H. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523073