seems to affect fetal growth, because infants born to mothers exposed to earth tremors in early and/or mid gestation are … more likely to be large for gestational age. The estimates suggest that relatively poorer Chilean mothers are more … evidence that suggests a possible mechanism that explains the varying results across socioeconomic status. Mothers with …

Adolescent motherhood has been linked with poor health outcomes at birth for children, including high neonatal … the following growth indicators of children born to adolescent mothers (age 19 years or below) with those born to older … regression-based estimates, children born to adolescent mothers were 0.01m (95% CI: -0.02, -0.01; p<0.01) shorter and weighed 0 …

In this paper, foreign aid transfers can distort individual incentives, and hence hurt growth, by encouraging rent …

monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …