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49 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17391
Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Chiara Falco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17372
Shaken, Not Stunted? Global Evidence on Natural Disasters, Child Growth and Recovery
John Cruzatti C., Matthias Rieger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16816
Persistent Effects of Social Program Participation on the Third Generation
Gordon B. Dahl, Anne C. Gielen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16569
Mothers at Peace: International Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Fertility
Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Leandro Elia, Roberto Nistico
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167, 103226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16275
Policy Diffusion through Elections
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16115
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
Achyuta Adhvaryu, N. Meltem Daysal, Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Teresa Molina, Herdis Steingrimsdottir
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15877
Reminder Design and Childhood Vaccination Coverage
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Miriam Wüst
published in: Journal of Health Economics. 2024, 93, 102832
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15239
Grandfathers and Grandsons: Social Security Expansion and Child Health in China
Jinyang Yang, Xi Chen
published online in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 18 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14693
Child Health and Parental Responses to an Unconditional Cash Transfer at Birth
Alexandra de Gendre, John Lynch, Aurélie Meunier, Rhiannon Pilkington, Stefanie Schurer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14424
Prenatal Exposure to Heat Waves and Child Health in Sub-saharan Africa
Massimiliano Bratti, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Simone Russo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14197
Anemia, Diet, and Cognitive Development: Impact of Health Information on Diet Quality and Child Nutrition in Rural India
Marion Krämer, Santosh Kumar, Sebastian Vollmer
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021,190 (C), 495-523
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13694
Protecting Girls from Droughts with Social Safety Nets
Jagori Chatterjee, Joshua D. Merfeld
published in: World Development, 2021, 147, 105624
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13589
Can Childcare Benefits Increase Maternal Employment? Evidence from Childcare Benefits Policy in Japan
Shinsuke Asakawa, Masaru Sasaki
published as 'Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2022, 66, 101231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13417
Home Prices, Fertility, and Early-Life Health Outcomes
N. Meltem Daysal, Michael F. Lovenheim, Nikolaj Siersbæk, David N. Wasser
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 198, 104366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13296
Beyond Birthweight: The Origins of Human Capital
Gabriella Conti, Mark Hanson, Hazel Inskip, Sarah Crozier, Cyrus Cooper, Keith Godfrey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12965
Can Pollution Cause Poverty? The Effects of Pollution on Educational, Health and Economic Outcomes
Claudia L. Persico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12745
Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance
Jennifer A. Heissel, Claudia L. Persico, David Simon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12559
Consequences of Parental Job Loss on the Family Environment and on Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Plant Closures
Eva Mörk, Anna Sjögren, Helena Svaleryd
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11987
The Returns to Parental Health: Evidence from Indonesia
Dara Lee Luca, David E. Bloom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10866
If Looks Could Heal: Child Health and Paternal Investment
Marlon R. Tracey, Solomon Polachek
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 57, 179-190.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10715
Evaluating the Effects of a Targeted Home Visiting Program on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
Malte Sandner, Thomas Cornelissen, Tanja Jungmann, Peggy Herrmann
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 269 - 283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10714
Maternal Socio-Economic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)
Kasey Buckles
published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375
Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10330
Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts
Richard Akresh, German Daniel Caruso, Harsha Thirumurthy
published in: World Development, 2022, 155, 105890
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 219 - 231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10021
Parental Unemployment and Child Health in China
Janneke Pieters, Samantha Rawlings
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2019, 18(1), 207-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9177
Christianity and Infant Health in India
Nidhiya Menon, Kathleen McQueeney
published as 'Christianity and girl child health in India' in: World Development, 2020, 136, 105109
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9173
The Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Non-Cognitive Skills
Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang
published as 'Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills ' in: Public Finance Review, 2018, 46 (4), 519-557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8978
The Effect of Paid Parental Leave on Child Health in Australia
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Daniel Kühnle, Miriam Mäder
published as 'Paid Parental Leave and Child Health in Australia' in: Economic Record, 2017, 93 (301), 214-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8671
Terrorism and Human Capital at Birth: Bomb Casualties and Birth Outcomes in Spain
Climent Quintana-Domeque, Pedro Ródenas-Serrano
revised version published as 'The Hidden Costs of Terrorism: The Effects on Health at Birth' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, 47-60.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8566
Domestic Abuse and Child Health
Samantha Rawlings, Zahra Siddique
revised version appears as IZA DP 11899; published as `Domestic Violence and Child Mortality in the Developing World' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(4): 723-750.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7967
The Impact of Eliminating a Child Benefit on Birth Timing and Infant Health
Cristina Borra, Libertad González, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7539
Surviving the Genocide: The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Mortality
Federico Ciani, Gianna Claudia Giannelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6559
Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India
Elizabeth Brainerd, Nidhiya Menon
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, 49-64.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6321
Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso
Richard Akresh, Damien de Walque, Harounan Kazianga
published in: NBER African Successes: Human Capital, volume 2. 2016. Editors, S. Edwards, S. Johnson, D. Weil, University of Chicago Press.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6092
The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply
Anette Primdal Kvist, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
published as 'The importance of children's ADHD for parents' relationship stability and labor supply' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2013, 88, 30-38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5562
Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being: Evidence from India
Luojia Hu, Analia Schlosser
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (587), 1227 - 1261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5558
Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict
Richard Akresh, Leonardo Lucchetti, Harsha Thirumurthy
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99 (2), 330-340.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5182
Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from China
Yi Chen, Xiaoyan Lei, Li-An Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4830
Is There an Income Gradient in Child Health? It Depends Whom You Ask
David W. Johnston, Carol Propper, Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), 2014, 177, 807-827.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3704
Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight
Emilia Del Bono, John Ermisch, Marco Francesconi
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (3), 657-706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3664
School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis, Muna Husain
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (3), 640-654
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3314
The Effects on Stature of Poverty, Family Size and Birth Order: British Children in the 1930s
Timothy J. Hatton, Richard M. Martin
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2010, 62 (1), 157-184
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2951
Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
Tom Bundervoet, Philip Verwimp, Richard Akresh
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(2), 536-563
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2359
Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children
Richard Akresh, Philip Verwimp
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 59(4), 777-810
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2219
Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples
Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price, Jenny Williams
revised version published in: Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics In Society, 174 (1) 2011, 195-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1832
The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Health of their Children
Orla Doyle, Colm P. Harmon, Ian Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1328
Is the Child Health / Family Income Gradient Universal? Evidence from England
Alison Currie, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (2), 213-232
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