In 2002 Malawi experienced a serious shortage of cereals due to adverse climatic conditions. The World Food Programme … the health status of children. Obviously, quantifying the health impact of such a crisis is a serious task given the lack …-in-difference estimator is used to quantify the impact of the food crisis on the health status of children. The findings suggest that at least …

in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers … to receive either fixed bonuses or incentive payments based on the weight‐for‐age nutritional status of children in their … care, and also collect data from a control group receiving only their standard salary. Mothers of children in all three …