Father’s employment and sons’ stature: the long run effects of a positive regional employment shock in South Africa’s mining industry
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- Martine Mariotti, 2015. "Fathers' Employment and Sons' Stature: The Long-Run Effects of a Positive Regional Employment Shock in South Africa's Mining Industry," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(3), pages 485-514.
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Keywords
apartheid; living standards; stunting; difference-in-difference; foetal origins hypothesis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-04-10 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2012-04-10 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2012-04-10 (Labour Economics)
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