We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …

study arms receive nutrition information. We find that performance pay reduces the prevalence of underweight by about 5 …

Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and … at old ages for men. -- Nutrition in early life ; famine ; longevity ; natural experiments ; survival analysis …

We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the …. We also warn against the simple assertion that a high elasticity implies hunger. -- nutrition ; living standards ; worker …

providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …

. Even more important, although under-nutrition retains a strong spatial component, once observable differences in living … stunting differs between urban (14.9%) and rural (19.6%) areas and how the drivers of poor nutrition vary spatially. The …