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 …

adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …, educations and social status, that children who experience poor health have significantly lower educational attainment, and … effects on educational attainment and initial adult health. Taken together with earlier findings that poorer children enter …

the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon …"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose …

Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper … of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million … children aged 0-5 are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production functions include parental background … development …

India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth …