the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they … between income and substitution effects. The paper then reviews the recent empirical literature on the subject. In richer … poorer countries, mostly in Africa and low-income Asia, the outcomes are pro-cyclical: infant mortality rises, and school …

likely to face considerable exposure to uninsured income risk, such resource flows should translate into better risk bearing … very young children are particularly vulnerable to shocks that lead to growth faltering, with substantial long-term health … income shocks. After accounting for selection into migration, the results indicate that migration has a substantially larger …

"More attention and resources have been devoted in recent years to early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income … countries. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of ECD-related programs for improving children's development in various … longitudinal data collected over three years on a cohort of 6,693 children age 0-4 years at baseline in two "treatment" regions and …

"There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in … development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes …

cluster through multilevel statistical modeling. After controlling for characteristics of the children, families, and … communities, the data show a significant nonlinear relationship between altitude and child nutritional status. Peruvian children … living at medium/high altitudes appear to be worse off than children living at extremely high altitudes, where the negative …