Stunting, double orphanhood and unequal access to public services in democratic South Africa
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- Bridgman, Grace & von Fintel, Dieter, 2022. "Stunting, double orphanhood and unequal access to public services in democratic South Africa," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).
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Keywords
Stunting; double orphanhood; spatial inequality; WASH infrastructure; service delivery; spatial econometrics; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2021-11-29 (Development)
- NEP-HEA-2021-11-29 (Health Economics)
- NEP-URE-2021-11-29 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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