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In-kind transfer and child development : evidence from subsidized rice program in Indonesia

Gupta, Prachi; Huang, Bihong - 2018

-2014, this paper examines the impact of RASKIN on children's health status. Using the difference-in-difference estimator, we find … that children from the households that are beneficiaries of the RASKIN program show improved health status as measured by … various anthropometric measures. We further investigate the long-run gains from RASKIN by tracing the health status of …

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Intra-household redistribution of income and calorie consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004

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Intra-household redistribution of income and calorie consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 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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Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004

This study investigates how per capita calorie intake in low income households of rural south-western 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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Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities

Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper describes the pattern of reductions in mortality across Brazilian municipalities between 1970 and 2000, and analyzes its causes and consequences. It shows that, as in the international context, the relationship between income and life expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent...

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Cash Transfers for Child Development : Experimental Evidence from India

Weaver, Jeffrey; Sukhtankar, Sandip; Niehaus, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Despite significant economic growth, child development outcomes in India remain poor. Using a large-scale experiment in which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first two years of their child's life, we examine the relationship between income and child development in the...

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Economic development, novelty consumption, and body weight : evidence from the East German transition to capitalism

Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015

-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A …-related health. …

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Economic development, novelty consumption, and body weight : evidence from the East German transition to capitalism

Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015

-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A … health. …

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Does access to better water and sanitation infrastructure improve child outcomes? : evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2015

areas. Many papers in the public health literature show associations between access to clean water sources or improved …

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Examining Our Food Consumption Practices for Better Health and Well-Being

Hellier, Dawn - 2012

practices are killing people and costing millions of dollars in the health care industry. While it is recognized that the causes … of this epidemic are perhaps far more complex than other health crises, the solutions that have been identified are …

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