Essays about: "child health investments."

Found 2 essays containing the words child health investments..

1. 1. From Boom to Bust: Unfolding the association between business cycles and the mental health of Swedish children

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Maja Juväng; Thilda Horvath; [2023]
   Keywords : Child mental health; Health economics; Business Cycles; Unemployment rate; Fixed effects model; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : An extensive body of literature links macroeconomic conditions to mortality and diverse health outcomes in adulthood, but largely ignores the impact on children. Sweden is currently at the verge of an economic downturn, while mental health disorders and psychosomatic problems are the most common health issue amongst children. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Empowerment and Early Childhood Health Investments: The Long-Term Effect of Matrilineal Kinship in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Eric Nordqvist; [2020]
   Keywords : Matrilineality; cultural persistence; female empowerment; child health investments.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : How we choose to invest in the future generations is becoming increasingly imperative as researchers learn more about the long-term consequences of early childhood. The early-life literature suggests that empowered mothers invest more into their children and that matrilineal females are more empowered than patrilineal counterparts. READ MORE