Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition

This paper examines the impact of preschool malnutrition on subsequent human capital formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects-instrumental variables (MFE-IV) estimator with a long-term panel data set. Representations of civil war and drought 'shocks' are used to identify difference...

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Main Authors: Alderman, Harold, Hoddinott, John F., Kinsey, Bill
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155653
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author Alderman, Harold
Hoddinott, John F.
Kinsey, Bill
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description This paper examines the impact of preschool malnutrition on subsequent human capital formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects-instrumental variables (MFE-IV) estimator with a long-term panel data set. Representations of civil war and drought 'shocks' are used to identify differences in preschool nutritional status across siblings. Improvements in height-for-age in preschoolers are associated with increased height as a young adult and number of grades of schooling completed. Had the median preschool child in this sample had the stature of a median child in a developed country, by adolescence, she would be 4.6 centimeters taller and would have completed an additional 0.7 grades of schooling
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spelling CGSpace1556532025-11-06T07:19:46Z Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition Alderman, Harold Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill civil conflict data reports shock human capital anthropometry education nutrition children drought nutritional status growth rate malnutrition This paper examines the impact of preschool malnutrition on subsequent human capital formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects-instrumental variables (MFE-IV) estimator with a long-term panel data set. Representations of civil war and drought 'shocks' are used to identify differences in preschool nutritional status across siblings. Improvements in height-for-age in preschoolers are associated with increased height as a young adult and number of grades of schooling completed. Had the median preschool child in this sample had the stature of a median child in a developed country, by adolescence, she would be 4.6 centimeters taller and would have completed an additional 0.7 grades of schooling 2003 2024-10-24T12:42:23Z 2024-10-24T12:42:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155653 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Alderman, Harold; Hoddinott, John F.; Kinsey, Bill. 2003. Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition. FCND Discussion Paper 168. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155653
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data reports
shock
human capital
anthropometry
education
nutrition
children
drought
nutritional status
growth rate
malnutrition
Alderman, Harold
Hoddinott, John F.
Kinsey, Bill
Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
title Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
title_full Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
title_fullStr Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
title_full_unstemmed Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
title_short Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
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topic civil conflict
data reports
shock
human capital
anthropometry
education
nutrition
children
drought
nutritional status
growth rate
malnutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155653
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