importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother's education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the …, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly … cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …

Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently … migration is accounted for using a set of instrumental variables derived from the model. Results show that when children are … of budget devoted to children remains unaffected because mothers compensate by giving up their own private consumption …

on total energy expenditure. In addition, the 10 percent decline in the population share of children in the period raised … employment surveys are used to estimate the separate components of total energy expenditure related to metabolism and physical … average total energy expenditures considerably as children have much lower metabolic requirements and activity levels than …