Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia

This paper examines the impacts of prenatal conditions on child growth using recent data from Indonesia. There is seasonality in birth weight: this measure is significantly higher during the dry season than during the rainy season. The empirical results show that an increase in birth weight improves...

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Main Author: Yamauchi, Futoshi
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154797

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