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Non-cognitive skill formation in poor neighbourhoods of urban India

Krishnan, Pramila; Krutikova, Sofya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Recent labour market research has shown that a good education comprises investment in both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. We examine the impact of a long-term programme designed to raise non-cognitive skills of children and adolescents in slums in Bombay. We use a cross-cutting design with...

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Sports and Child Development

Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the role of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children’s skill...

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Undernutrition and Psychosocial Competencies: Evidence from Four Countries

Dercon, Stefan; Sánchez, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Both cognitive and non-cognitive skills matter to understand a child's opportunities and outcomes in adulthood. However, it is unclear how non-cognitive skills are acquired and what the role played by household investments is in this process. Motivated by suggestions from the medical literature...

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Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea

Carneiro, Pedro; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde; Keating, Joseph; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

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Cannabis Use and Its Effects on Health, Education and Labor Market Success

Ours, Jan C van; Williams, Jenny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

an overview of this literature, focusing on studies which seek to establish the causal effect of cannabis use on health …, education and labor market success. We conclude that there do not appear to be serious harmful health effects of moderate … cannabis use. Nevertheless, there is evidence of reduced mental well-being for heavy users who are susceptible to mental health …

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Does Marriage Make You Healthier?

Guner, Nezih; Kulikova, Yuliy; Llull, Joan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...

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Does Longevity Cause Growth?

Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the … that longevity and health have had a minor effect, if any, on the transition from stagnation to growth via investment in …

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Individual Mortality and Macroeconomic Conditions from Birth to Death

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

health indicators. The results indicate a strong effect of macroeconomic conditions during childhood on mortality at all ages …

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Death and Development

Lorentzen, Peter L.; McMillan, John; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …

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