This paper uses unique data collected in rural Pakistan to assess the extent to which consanguinity, which is widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia, and most parts of South Asia, is linked to child cognitive ability and nutritional status. As economic benefits of marrying cousins may lead to upward bias in estimates of the effects of consanguinity on child outcomes, prior work likely underestimates the negative impacts of consanguinity...
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2017/05/24
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Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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WPS8074
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2017/05/24
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Is consanguinity an impediment to improving human development outcomes ?
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empirical estimation
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