Hirvonen, Kalle - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2013
studies have analysed the extent of such catch-up growth by regressing adult height on early childhood height. In this paper …, I show that these studies confuse catch-up growth with within-population convergence and are further plagued by a well … the paper, I use data from the Philippines and the Kagera region in Tanzania to study catch-up growth. I find limited …