Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru
A key question in development economics is whether nutritional deficiencies generate intergenerational poverty traps by reducing the earnings potential of children born into poverty. To assess the causal influence on human capital of one of the most widespread micronutrient deficiencies, supplementa...
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| author | Chong, Alberto Cohen, Isabelle Field, Erica Nakasone, Eduardo Torero, Máximo |
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| description | A key question in development economics is whether nutritional deficiencies generate intergenerational poverty traps by reducing the earnings potential of children born into poverty. To assess the causal influence on human capital of one of the most widespread micronutrient deficiencies, supplemental iron pills were made available at a local health center in rural Peru and adolescents were encouraged to take them up via classroom media messages. Results from school administrative records provide novel evidence that reducing iron deficiency results almost immediately in a large and significant improvement in school performance. For anemic students, an average of 10 100mg iron pills over three months improves average test scores by 0.4 standard deviations and increases the likelihood of grade progression by 11%. Supplementation also raises anemic students’ aspirations for the future. Both results indicate that cognitive deficits from iron-deficiency anemia contribute to a nutrition-based poverty trap. Our findings also demonstrate that, with low-cost outreach efforts in schools, supplementation programs offered through a public clinic can be both affordable and effective in reducing rates of adolescent IDA. Chong, Alberto; Cohen, Isabelle; Field, Erica; Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Maximo |
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| spelling | CGSpace1496962025-02-24T06:47:12Z Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru Chong, Alberto Cohen, Isabelle Field, Erica Nakasone, Eduardo Torero, Máximo anaemia education deficiencies nutrition trace elements children schools iron micronutrients poverty A key question in development economics is whether nutritional deficiencies generate intergenerational poverty traps by reducing the earnings potential of children born into poverty. To assess the causal influence on human capital of one of the most widespread micronutrient deficiencies, supplemental iron pills were made available at a local health center in rural Peru and adolescents were encouraged to take them up via classroom media messages. Results from school administrative records provide novel evidence that reducing iron deficiency results almost immediately in a large and significant improvement in school performance. For anemic students, an average of 10 100mg iron pills over three months improves average test scores by 0.4 standard deviations and increases the likelihood of grade progression by 11%. Supplementation also raises anemic students’ aspirations for the future. Both results indicate that cognitive deficits from iron-deficiency anemia contribute to a nutrition-based poverty trap. Our findings also demonstrate that, with low-cost outreach efforts in schools, supplementation programs offered through a public clinic can be both affordable and effective in reducing rates of adolescent IDA. Chong, Alberto; Cohen, Isabelle; Field, Erica; Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Maximo 2015-12-14 2024-08-01T02:49:46Z 2024-08-01T02:49:46Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149696 en https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/61301 https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140494 Open Access International Association of Agricultural Economists Chong, Alberto; Cohen, Isabelle; Field, Erica; Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Maximo. 2015. Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru. Presented at International Association of Agricultural Economists. 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy. https://purl.umn.edu/212629 |
| spellingShingle | anaemia education deficiencies nutrition trace elements children schools iron micronutrients poverty Chong, Alberto Cohen, Isabelle Field, Erica Nakasone, Eduardo Torero, Máximo Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title | Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title_full | Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title_fullStr | Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title_short | Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru |
| title_sort | iron deficiency and schooling attainment in peru |
| topic | anaemia education deficiencies nutrition trace elements children schools iron micronutrients poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149696 |
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