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Duncan Thomas
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 255
Citations - 23861
Duncan Thomas is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Family life. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 245 publications receiving 22833 citations. Previous affiliations of Duncan Thomas include Michigan State University & University of California, Los Angeles.
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Height and Cognition at Work: Labor Market Productivity in a Low Income Setting
Daniel LaFave,Duncan Thomas +1 more
TL;DR: It is established that height predicts hourly earnings after controlling education, multiple indicators of cognitive performance and physical health status, measures of family background, sectoral and occupational choice, as well as local area market characteristics.
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Gender Differences in Household Resource Allocations
TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between paternal education and child height, an indicator of health and nutritional status, using household survey data from the United States, Brazil, and Ghana, and found that the education of the mother has a bigger effect on her daughter's height; paternal education, in contrast, had a bigger impact on the son's height.
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Measurement and mismeasurement of social indicators
John Strauss,Duncan Thomas +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a compelling argument for investing in improving the quality and frequency of data collection efforts in order to improve the comparability and measurmenet quality of social indicators.
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Fertility, contraceptive choice, and public policy in Zimbabwe
Duncan Thomas,John A. Maluccio +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of public infrastructure investments on demographic outcomes was examined using household survey data matched with two community level surveys, and it was shown that women's education is a powerful predictor of fertility and contraceptive use.
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The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used population-representative longitudinal data collected in Aceh, Indonesia, before and after the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to identify the impact of parental deaths on the well-being of children.