Sökning: "maternal schooling"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden maternal schooling.

  1. 1. Shaken by the stress : Does in-uterus earthquake exposure cause long-term disadvantages for the fetus?

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Christoffer Karlsson Jamous; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Health; economics; fetal; origin; hypothesis; earthquakes; natural; disasters;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates whether in-uterus earthquake exposure causes long-term labor, human capital, and health effects. The health shock is maternal stress, which generates excessive concentration levels of cortisol in the fetal environment, negatively impacting the development of the fetus. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The effect of maternal education on breastfeeding initiation behavior of Ugandan mothers : Secondary analysis of DHS 2016 data using the COM-B model

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Forskargrupper (Inst. för kvinnor och barns hälsa)

    Författare :Simon Peyda Moore; [2019]
    Nyckelord :breastfeeding; Uganda; DHS; 2016; 2019; Global Health; Maternal education; COM-B; Implementation Science; ImpSci; amning; amningsinitiering; Uganda; DHS; 2016; 2019; Global Hälsa; utbildning; kvinna; kvinnor; mödravård; COM-B; Implementering; Implementeringsvetenskap; ImpSci;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The World Health Organization recommends early breastfeeding initiation, within the first hour of life. Ugandan mothers with no formal schooling appear superior in fulfilling this recommendation compared to mothers with primary, secondary, or higher education. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Matter of Gendered Investment: Impacts of Internal Migration on Child Education in Indonesia

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Paul Philipp Lambert Berbée; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Internal migration; Parental absence; Human capital investment; Gender; Intra-household bargaining; Social Mobility; Migrant Selectivity; Fixed effects; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study evaluates investments in education and schooling outcomes of children in households that engage in internal migration. Using panel data from Indonesia, community and household fixed effects are employed to account for unobserved heterogeneity and self-selection of migrants. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Does The Effect Of Maternal Schooling On Infant Mortality Vary Across Different Settings? An Empirical Analysis Using Demographic and Health Surveys for Sub-Saharan Africa

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Jörg Kattner; Lukas Gräf; [2014]
    Nyckelord :maternal schooling; infant mortality; Sub-Saharan Africa; socio-economic determinants; Demographic and Health Surveys;

    Sammanfattning : The study reveals that the effect of maternal schooling on infant mortality varies between countries and tends to diminish over time within countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. These results imply that country level determinants affect the link between inequalities in socio-economic factors and inequalities in infant mortality rates. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Parental Education and Child Human Capital: Evidence from Indonesia

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Anne Hoffmann; [2013]
    Nyckelord :parental education; human capital; child health; child skills; child education; development economics; Indonesia; IFLS; school construction; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper exploits one of the largest school construction programs on record, which took place in Indonesia in the 1970s, to estimate the causal effect of parental education on child human capital. I use variation in program exposure as an instrument for maternal and paternal length of schooling. LÄS MER