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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Autores principales: Alderman, Harold, Hoddinott, John F., Kinsey, Bill
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157407
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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."-- Authors' Abstract
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spelling CGSpace1574072025-01-10T06:43:28Z Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition Alderman, Harold Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill data reports shock human capital anthropometry education nutrition children drought 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."-- Authors' Abstract 2003 2024-10-24T12:49:35Z 2024-10-24T12:49:35Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157407 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 Brief. 168. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157407
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Alderman, Harold
Hoddinott, John F.
Kinsey, Bill
Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
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