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The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course:

Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

This paper examines the impact over the life course of early childhood growth failure as measured by achieved height at 36 months. It uses data collected on individuals who participated in a nutritional supplementation trial between 1969 and 1977 in rural Guatemala and who were subsequently...

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Early childhood development through an integrated program : evidence from the Philippines

Behrman, Jere R. (contributor) - 2006

-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 …, household, and child level and unobserved fixed characteristics, with differential impacts by age of children and duration of …

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Counting on communcation : the Uganda nutrition and early childhood development project

Cabañero-Verzosa, Cecilia - 2005

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The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults:

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Studies have shown that malnourished children in developing countries score lower on tests of cognitive function and …

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The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults:

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on early childhood nut ition on education in developing countries by (1) using unique longitudinal data from a nutritional...

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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...

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