Adverse conditions in early life can have consequential impacts on individuals' health in older age. In one of the first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond 1986 show a strong …
D Raitzer, O Batmunk, D Yarcia - Asian Development Bank …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Extensive global evidence suggests that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) encourage long- term investment in human capital by poor households. However, CCTs also have the …
Using UK Biobank participants' eastings and northings of birth, we identify the Local Government District (henceforth: district) in which individuals were born and merge in data …
Low school attendance remains an important challenge in resource-poor settings with cash and information constraints. We compare conditional cash transfer (CCT) treatments with …
There are natural differences in children's initial endowments and cognitive abilities. How parents respond to these differences, have significant implications on the children's future …
To overcome poverty, strengthening human development is crucial. However, today 250 million children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries are likely …