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We provide novel evidence on how the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis is affecting overall life satisfaction …-specific satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak, except satisfaction with health. These declines coincide with the introduction of a …
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We provide novel evidence on how the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis is affecting overall life satisfaction …-specific satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak, except satisfaction with health. These declines coincide with the introduction of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822852
fuel poverty and a set of well-being outcomes: life-satisfaction, self-reported health measures and more objectively … associations with life satisfaction and fibrinogen, one of our biological health measures. The presence of these strong … deprivation indicators as well as in the case of self-reported generic measures of physical health. Lifestyle and chronic health …
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that improvements in infant health help explain secular increases in cognitive test scores, that better cognition may link … early life health to adulthood earnings, and that human capital investments through childhood and young adulthood respond …
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health outcomes as adults. Using Census and DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa, we show that individuals conceived during heat …
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Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …
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adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) has on the health of such children. Using a triple difference specification, we find that …
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economic development. As predicted by unified growth theory, I find that primary schooling, rather than income or health …-related variables, is the most robust determinant of the fertility transition. As regards the health transition, both education and …
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Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …
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Child labor is a phenomenon that has attracted a great amount of attention and research. Theoretical propositions suggest that child labor is inefficient if it adversely affects future earning ability. This paper contributes to the literature on the effects of child market work on human capital...
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