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Publikováno v:
Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Mental health disorders are a substantial portion of the global disease burden, yet their determinants are understudied, particularly in developing countries. We find that temperature shocks in utero increase depressive symptoms in adulthood in Afric
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https://doi.org/10.1086/722536
https://doi.org/10.1086/722536
Autor:
Pushkar Maitra, Diana Contreras Suarez
Publikováno v:
Journal of Population Economics. 34:893-928
While the primary aim of most Conditional Cash Transfer (or CCT) programs is to increase the level of human capital of children in poor households, there are also potentially large spillover effects associated with such programs. We illustrate this u
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-020-00809-y
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-020-00809-y
Publikováno v:
IDE Discussion Paper = IDE Discussion Paper. 831
This study empirically examines how COVID-19 damages have impacted foreign direct investment (FDI) using quarterly data of bilateral FDI flows from 173 to 192 countries from the first quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2021. We measure the seve
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http://hdl.handle.net/2344/00052976
http://hdl.handle.net/2344/00052976
Autor:
Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico
Publikováno v:
Bertocchi, G & Dimico, A 2019, ' The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa: The slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior ', Journal of Development Economics, vol. 140, pp. 90-105 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.05.005
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. F
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.05.005
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.05.005
Publikováno v:
Journal of Political Economy. 127:560-585
Following the death of Mao in 1976, agrarian decision-making shifted from the collective to individual households, unleashing rapid growth in farm output and unprecedented reductions in poverty. In new data on reform timing in 914 counties, we find a
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https://doi.org/10.1086/701030
https://doi.org/10.1086/701030
Publikováno v:
Journal of Development Economics. 135:285-303
Health outcomes in India vary substantially across regions. Motivated by mounting evidence of the historical persistence of institutions and behavior, this paper studies the historical origins of this health variation. We examine the long-term conseq
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.07.009
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.07.009
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Economic History. 78:1179-1209
This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic as a natural experiment to examine whether air pollution affects susceptibility to infectious disease. The empirical analysis combines the sharp timing of the pandemic with large cross-city differences in b
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s002205071800058x
https://doi.org/10.1017/s002205071800058x
Autor:
Takahiro Ito, Shinsuke Tanaka
Publikováno v:
Journal of Development Economics. 130:33-44
This study examines the effect of abolishing user fees from the maternal and child health (MCH) services on child quantity and quality in South Africa in the post-apartheid era. Exploiting exogenous variation in exposure to the policy effect, we find
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.09.006
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.09.006
Autor:
Casper Worm Hansen, Holger Strulik
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Growth. 22:421-450
In this study we investigate the causal impact of increasing adult longevity on higher education. We exploit the fourth stage of the epidemiological transition, i.e. the unexpected decline of deaths from heart attack and stroke in the 1970s as a larg
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-017-9147-x
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-017-9147-x
Safer Spaces : The impact of a reduction in road fatalities on the life expectancy of South Africans
Autor:
de Abreu, Liliana, Hoeffler, Anke
In this paper we determine the cost of fatalities resulting from road traffic injuries (RTIs) in South Africa. We express the costs in terms of reduced life expectancy and years of potential life lost (YPLL). Our main data source is the Injury Mortal
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