Alderman, Harold; Hoogeveen, Hans; Rossi, Mariacristina - In: Economic Development and Cultural Change 57 (2009) 2, pp. 239-260
This study analyzes how childhood health determines future academic performance in the Kagera region in Tanzania. Academic outcomes considered are years of education and delay in enrollment, and the measure of childhood health is height (relative to the median). The repercussions of malnutrition...