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Brunello, Giorgio |
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dc.contributor.author |
Luzi, Lucia <1979> |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2010-03-20T10:46:10Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-07-30T15:50:49Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-03-20T10:46:10Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-07-30T15:50:49Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010-03-15 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10579/935 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The main focus of this research thesis is the causal relationship between education and health for children who live in less developed countries - sub-Saharan Africa in particular - since those are the most vulnerable people. Equitable access to early childhood care and education of good quality is essential for sustainable economic and human development.
The research offers an empirical microeconomic analysis, contributing to the existing literature with an innovative kind of study. It investigates the long-term effects of malnutrition presented by individuals during early childhood on subsequent education attainments of young adults living in a rural area of Tanzania. To perform the main objective of the work, any attrition due to family or environmental characteristics is purged by using a sibling estimator. In addition, a broad investigation on weather conditions during infancy is conduced, in order to attain the instruments to face the existing endogeneity proper of the health variable. Consistently with the existing literature, the principal finding is that malnutrition and poor health experienced during early childhood have long term effects on her human capital growth, suggesting that education and health are complementary inputs on the development process. This result has potentially important policy implications. |
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dc.description.abstract |
La presente ricerca analizza la relazione causale esistente tra istruzione e salute per i bambini dei paesi meno sviluppati, in particolare dell’Africa sub-Sahariana. Investire nell’infanzia per garantire un adeguato livello di istruzione e di salute è necessario al fine di realizzare uno sviluppo concreto, equilibrato e sostenibile nel tempo.
Lo studio offre un’analisi micro-economica degli effetti di lungo periodo della malnutrizione infantile sul livello di istruzione in età adulta per le persone residenti in una zona rurale della Tanzania. Al fine di depurare l’analisi da possibile selection bias derivante sia dall’endogeneità della salute rispetto all’istruzione, sia dalla eterogeneità non osservata a livello familiare e ambientale, tale studio si avvale di variabili strumentali con effetti fissi a livello familiare. In linea con la letteratura esistente, l’analisi dimostra che lo stato di salute durante i primi anni di vita ha effetti significativi sullo sviluppo del capitale umano, con conseguenti implicazioni per la policy di questi paesi. |
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dc.format.medium |
Tesi cartacea |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia |
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dc.rights |
© Lucia Luzi, 2010 |
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dc.subject |
Basic education |
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Tanzania |
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Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Human development |
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Human capital |
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Child health and nutrition |
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dc.title |
Causal relation between basic education, child health and nutrition for children in sub-Saharan African countries: the case of Tanzania |
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dc.type |
Doctoral Thesis |
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dc.degree.name |
Analisi e governance dello sviluppo sostenibile |
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dc.degree.level |
Dottorato di ricerca |
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dc.degree.grantor |
Interfacoltà Economia - Scienze matematiche fisiche e naturali |
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dc.description.academicyear |
2007/2008 |
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dc.description.cycle |
21 |
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dc.degree.coordinator |
Zuppi , Giovanni Maria |
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dc.location.shelfmark |
D000866 |
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dc.location |
Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
openAccess |
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dc.thesis.matricno |
955138 |
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198 p. |
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dc.subject.miur |
SECS-P/01 ECONOMIA POLITICA |
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dc.description.note |
Doctor Europaeus |
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Thesis Introduction p. 3 -
Chapter 1: The Role of Education and Health in Human Capital Development in Less Developed Countries” p. 7 -
Chapter 2: Literature Review on the Causal Relations Between Education and Health for Children in Less Developed Countries p. 87 -
Chapter 3: Long-Term Impact of Health and Nutrition Status on Education Outcomes for Children in Rural Tanzania p. 127 |
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dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation |
Lucia Luzi. "Causal relation between basic education, child health and nutrition for children in sub-Saharan African countries: the case of Tanzania", Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Doctoral Dissertation, 21st session, 2010 |
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