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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038027
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How effective are food-for-education programs?:
Adelman, Sarah W.; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Lehrer, Kim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996945
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Trade liberalization and children: Understanding and coping with children's vulnerabilities
Escobal, Javier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996950
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997174
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Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas
Ersado, Lire - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997185
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997358
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Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas
Ersado, Lire - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997372
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The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132694
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001-2011:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132707
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The nutritional returns to parental education:
Alderman, Harold; Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Though parental education is widely perceived to be an important determinant of child nutrition outcomes, there remain … significant uncertainties about whether maternal or paternal education matters most, whether there are increasing or decreasing … returns to parental education, and whether these returns are robust given that recent gains in enrollment have not always …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114784