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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description 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 child growth outcomes as measured by the height and weight Z-scores, as well as schooling performance as measured by age at start of schooling and number of grades repeated. The interactions of ecological variations affect early childhood human capital formation and can have long-term impacts on children's outcomes.
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spelling CGSpace1547972025-11-06T06:37:31Z Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia Yamauchi, Futoshi birth weight child growth education 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 child growth outcomes as measured by the height and weight Z-scores, as well as schooling performance as measured by age at start of schooling and number of grades repeated. The interactions of ecological variations affect early childhood human capital formation and can have long-term impacts on children's outcomes. 2011 2024-10-01T14:03:55Z 2024-10-01T14:03:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154797 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2011. Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1108. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154797
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Yamauchi, Futoshi
Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title_full Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title_fullStr Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title_short Prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments: Evidence from rural Indonesia
title_sort prenatal seasonality child growth and schooling investments evidence from rural indonesia
topic birth weight
child growth
education
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154797
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