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Village sanitation externalities and children's human capital: Evidence from a randomized experiment by the Maharashtra government.
Jeffrey Hammer, Dean Spears (February 2013)
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Health Challenges Past and Future
Anne Case, Cally Ardington ( 2013)
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HIV Risk and Adolescent Behaviors in Africa
Anne Case, Christina Paxson ( 2013)
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Two happiness puzzles
Arthur A. Stone, Angus Deaton ( 2013)
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How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain?
Dean Spears (December 2012)
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Education and Health in Developing Economies
Tom S. Vogl (December 2012)
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Consequences of the Expansion of Employer Sponsored Health Insurance to Dependent Young Adults.
David Slusky (October 2012)
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Early-Life Health and Adult Circumstance in Developing Countries
Janet Currie, Tom S. Vogl (August 2012)
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Family Sponsorship and Late-Age Migration in Aging America:
Marta Tienda, Stacie Carr (April 2012)
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Age at Immigration and the Incomes of Older Immigrants, 1994 to 2010
Kevin O`Neil, Marta Tienda (April 2012)
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The Impact of Recall Periods on Reported Morbidity and Health Seeking Behavior
Jeffrey Hammer (July 2011)
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Elevated partnership dissolution rates in serodiscordant couples limit the spread of HIV
Georges Reniers (May 2011)
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What does the empirical evidence tell us about the injustice of health inequalities?
Angus Deaton (January 2011)
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Causes and Consequences of Early-Life Health
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (January 2011)
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The Long Reach of Childhood Health and Circumstance: Evidence from the Whitehall II Study
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (January 2011)
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An Inquiry into the Mechanisms Linking Polygyny, Partnership Concurrency and HIV Transmission in sub-Saharan Africa (CHW WP #79)
Georges Reniers (November 2010)
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Adult Mortality Trends in Africa (CHW - WP#78)
Georges Reniers (July 2010)
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A snapshot of the age distribution of psychological well-being in the United States (CHW WP #77)
Arthur A. Stone, Joseph E. Schwartz, Joan E. Broderick, Angus Deaton (June 2010)
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Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy: How Much Can the Standard SES Variables Account for? (CHW WP#76)
Michael Geruso (April 2010)
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The Long Reach of Childhood Health and Circumstance: Evidence from the Whitehall II Study (CHW WP#75)
Christina Paxson, Anne Case (January 2010)
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Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health (CHW WP#74)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (January 2010)
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Interactions Between Mental Health and Socioeconomic Status in the South African National Income Dynamics Study
Cally Ardington, Anne Case (January 2010)
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Adult height and childhood disease
Carlos Bozzoli, Angus Deaton, Climent Quintana-Domeque (November 2009)
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Sex Differences In Obesity Rates In Poor Countries: Evidence From South Africa (CHW WP#73)
Anne Case, Alicia Menendez (July 2009)
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Life at the top: the benefits of height
Angus Deaton, Raksha Arora (June 2009)
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Life at the top: the benefits of height (CHW WP#72)
Angus Deaton, Raksha Arora (June 2009)
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The impact of the AIDs pandemic on health services in Africa: Evidence from demographic health surveys (forthcoming, Demography)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Cally Ardington, Burton H. Singer (May 2009)
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The impact of the AIDS pandemic on health services in Africa: Evidence from demographic health surveys (forthcoming, Demography) (CHW WP#71)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (May 2009)
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Instruments of development: Randomization in the tropics, and the search for the elusive keys to economic development (CHW WP#70)
Angus Deaton (January 2009)
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Income inequality and mortality in U.S. cities: Weighing the evidence. A response to Ash. (CHW WP#69)
Angus Deaton, Darren Lubotsky ( 2009)
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Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa (CHW WP#68)
Angus Deaton, Jane Fortson, Robert Tortora (December 2008)
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Maximum Prophet: Review of Common Wealth, by Jeff Sachs, and Reinventing Foreign Aid, by Bill Easterly (CHW WP#67)
Angus Deaton (November 2008)
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Adult height and childhood disease (CHW WP#66)
Angus Deaton, Carlos Bozzoli, Climent Quintana-Domeque (October 2008)
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Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa
Anne Case, Anu Garrib, Alicia Menendez, Analia Olgiati (October 2008)
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Making Sense of the Labor Market Height Premium: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (CHW WP#65)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Mahnaz Islam (May 2008)
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Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations (CHW WP#64)
Angus Deaton, Jean Drèze (April 2008)
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Income, health and wellbeing around the world: evidence from the Gallup World Poll (CHW WP#63)
Angus Deaton (April 2008)
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Income, aging, health, and wellbeing
Angus Deaton (April 2008)
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Health Personnel Absenteeism in India: Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Mularidharan, Halsey Rogers (April 2008)
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Height, Health and Cognitive Function at Older Ages (CHW WP#60)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (January 2008)
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Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (CHW WP#62)
Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse (January 2008)
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Height, health, and inequality: the distribution of adult heights in India (CHW WP#61)
Angus Deaton (January 2008)
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Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa (CHW WP#54)
Cally Ardington, Anne Case, Victoria Hosegood (October 2007)
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The Income Gradient In Children's Health: A Comment On Currie, Shields And Wheatley Price (CHW WP#55)
Anne Case, Diana Lee, Christina Paxson (October 2007)
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Income, aging, health and wellbeing around the world:Evidence from the Gallup World Poll (CHW WP#59)
Angus Deaton (July 2007)
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Using Census and Survey Data to Estimate Poverty and Inequality for Small Areas
Angus Deaton (June 2007)
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Height, health, and development (CHW WP#58)
Angus Deaton (May 2007)
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Living standards and the distribution of heights: Italy, 1855-1910 (CHW WP#57)
Brian A'Hearn, Franco Peracchi, Giovanni Vecchi (April 2007)
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Child mortality, income and adult height (replaced by Adult height and childhood disease - October 2008) (CHW WP#56)
Carlos Bozzoli, Angus Deaton, Climent Quintana-Domeque (March 2007)
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Global patterns of income and health:facts, interpretations, and policies (CHW WP#53)
Angus Deaton (September 2006)
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Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes (CHW WP#52)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (August 2006)
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Socioeconomic Status and Health in Childhood:A Comment on Chen, Martin and Matthews(CHW WP#50)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Tom Vogl (May 2006)
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Health and Wellbeing in Udaipur and South Africa (CHW WP#49)
Anne Case, Angus Deaton (January 2006)
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The Determinants of Mortality (CHW WP#48)
David Cutler, Angus Deaton, Adriana Lleras-Muney (December 2005)
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Health and Wealth Among the Poor: India and South Africa Compared (CHW WP#47)
Anne Case, Angus Deaton (April 2005)
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Health Seeking Behavior in Northern KwaZulu-Natal(CHW WP#46)
Anne Case, Alicia Menendez, Cally Ardington (April 2005)
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The Great Escape: A Review Essay on Fogel's The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 (CHW WP#45)
Angus Deaton (April 2005)
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Cognitive Development Among Young Children in Ecuador: The Roles of Wealth, Health and Parenting (CHW WP#44)
Christina Paxson, Norbert Schady (March 2005)
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The Impact of Parental Death on School Enrollment and Achievement: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa(CHW WP#43)
Anne Case, Cally Ardington (February 2005)
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The Reach and Impact of Child Support Grants: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal (CHW WP#42)
Anne Case, Victoria Hosegood, Frances Lund (December 2004)
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Child Health and Economic Crisis in Peru (CHW WP#41)
Christina Paxson, Norbert Schady (December 2004)
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Testing a Roy Model with Productivity Spillovers
Douglas Staiger (September 2004)
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Sex Differences in Morbidity and Mortality (CHW WP#39)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (July 2004)
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Health in an Age of Globalization (CHW WP#38)
Angus Deaton (July 2004)
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Healthy Baby: Healthy Marriage? The Effect of Children's Health on Divorce (CHW WP#37)
Angela Fertig (June 2004)
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Healthy Baby, Healthy Marriage? The Effect of Children's Health on Divorce (CHW WP#51)
Angela Fertig (June 2004)
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The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance(CHW WP #36)
Anne Case, Angela Fertig, Christina Paxson (April 2004)
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Moving To Opportunity and Tranquility: Neighborhood Effects on Adult Economic Self-Sufficiency and Health from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment (CHW WP#35)
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz, Lisa Sanbonmatsu (April 2004)
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Booms, Busts, and Babies' Health (CHW WP#32)
Adriana Lleras-Muney, Rajeev Dehejia (March 2004)
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Estimation of Models with Grouped and Ungrouped Data by Means of "2SLS" (CHW WP#31)
Adriana Lleras-Muney, Phoebus J. Dhrymes (March 2004)
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Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects on Youth (CHW WP#33)
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman (March 2004)
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Medical Compliance and Income-Health Gradients (CHW WP#30)
Anne Case, Ingrid le Roux, Alicia Menendez (January 2004)
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Wealth, Health, and Health Services in Rural Rajasthan(CHW WP#29)
Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo (December 2003)
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The Reach of the South African Child Support Grant: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal (CHW WP#28)
Anne Case, Victoria Hosegood, Frances Lund (December 2003)
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Health Inequality, Education and Medical Innovation(CHW WP#27)
Adriana Lleras-Muney, Sherry Glied (November 2003)
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Orphans in Africa (CHW WP#26)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson, Joseph Ableidinger (October 2003)
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Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines (CHW WP#25)
Anne Case, Angus Deaton (June 2003)
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Institutions, Financial Development, and Pathways of Growth: The United States from 1900 to 1940 (CHW WP#24)
Adriana Lleras-Muney, Rajeev Dehejia (March 2003)
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Explaining Trends in Child Support: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects (CHW WP#23)
Anne Case, I-Fen Lin, Sara S. McLanahan (February 2003)
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Do Retiree Health Benefits Cause Early Retirement? (CHW WP#22)
David M. Linsenmeier (November 2002)
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Consumption, Health, Gender and Poverty (CHW WP#21)
Anne Case, Angus Deaton (July 2002)
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Economic Status and Health in Childhood: the Origins of the Gradient (CHW WP#20)
Anne Case, Darren Lubotsky, Christina Paxson (February 2002)
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Mortality, Inequality and Race in American Cities and States(CHW WP#19)
Angus Deaton, Darren Lubotsky (February 2002)
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Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment(CHW WP#18)
Christina Paxson, Jane Waldfogel (December 2001)
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Relative Deprivation, Poor Health Habits and Mortality(CHW WP#17)
Christine E. Eibner, William N. Evans (December 2001)
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Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness of Environmental Management for Malaria Control (CHW WP#16)
Jürg Utzinger, Yesim Tozan, Burton H. Singer (November 2001)
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Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States (CHW WP#15)
Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson (October 2001)
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Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence from South African Pensions (CHW WP#14)
Anne Case (August 2001)
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Relative Income, Race & Ethnicity, and Mortality (CHW WP#13)
Douglas Miller, Christina Paxson (July 2001)
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MSA Definitions Used in "Mortality, Inequality, and Race in America Cities and States" (CHW WP#12)
Angus Deaton, Darren Lubotsky (June 2001)
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Health, Inequality and Economic Development (CHW WP#11)
Angus Deaton (May 2001)
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Health, Income and Economic Development(CHW WP#10)
Anne Case (May 2001)
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The Relationship between Education and Adult Mortality in the US (CHW WP#9)
Adriana Lleras-Muney (May 2001)
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Were Compulsory Attendance and Child Labor Laws Effective? An Analysis from 1915 to 1939 (CHW WP#8)
Adriana Lleras-Muney (April 2001)
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Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto (CHW WP#7)
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz (April 2001)
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Relative Deprivation, Inequality and Mortality (CHW WP#6)
Angus Deaton (January 2001)
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The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston (CHW WP#5)
Jeffrey R. Kling, Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey B. Liebman (October 2000)
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Mothers and Others: Who Invests in Children's Health? (CHW WP#4)
Anne Case, Christina Paxson (April 2000)
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Work, Welfare and Child Maltreatment (CHW WP#3)
Christina Paxson, Jane Waldfogel (August 1999)
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Mortality, Education, Income and Inequality Among American Cohorts (CHW WP#2)
Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson (May 1999)
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