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first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large … tested in a developing country context, and which focus on children as the primary target population. Overall, we find that …
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A substantial share of the world's children reside in disaster-prone areas and suffer from stunted growth. Child growth … and catch-up in children exposed to comparable earthquakes in utero. Our analysis leverages within cluster or mother … document modest adverse effects on children's height that are more pronounced when earthquakes are more unexpected and higher …
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This project re-investigates the hookworm eradication efforts of the Rockefeller Foundation's Sanitary Commission (RSC) in the American South during the Progressive Era. The RSC worked to eradicate hookworm across 11 southern states between 1911 and 1915, efforts that have been linked to...
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Access to primary care during early-life can have substantial benefits in developing countries. We evaluate the long-run impact of the Village Midwife Program in Indonesia. We utilize the rollout-variation of the program and link individual background and community characteristics in early...
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Incorrect knowledge of the health production function may lead to inefficient household choices, and thereby to the production of suboptimal levels of health. This paper studies the effects of a randomised intervention in rural Malawi which, over a six-month period, provided mothers of young...
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increases in household food consumption, particularly of protein-rich foods by children. The increased household consumption is …
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measures of health, education, and labor market outcomes. Parents reallocated their investments toward children exposed to an …
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children. Effects appear to be stronger for boys, low caste children, and children exposed to drought in the first trimester …
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Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world. This study uses a large-scale deworming program targeted to schistosomiasis in China to identify the long-term impacts of early-life health on adult outcomes. We find that disease interventions led to increases in...
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The maternity benefit scheme introduced as Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) in 2011 and renamed Pradhan Mantri Matriva Sahyog Yojana (PMMVY) in 2017, which incentivizes pregnant and lactating women to participate in various infant health-promoting activities, is India's largest...
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