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to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non …
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Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … indicate that the HSAA improved children's height and weight. Furthermore, we uncover evidence supporting a mechanism whereby …
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experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition … intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school …
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experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition … intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school …
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determinants of the height gap between children in India and sub-Saharan Africa as Jayachandran & Pande (2... …
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sanitation infrastructure and long-term child nutrition outcomes (height-for-age and weight-for-age). On the other hand, the … nutrition in particular. Yet, progress in either of these dimensions, particularly among young children (SDG target 2.2 on … management for improved health and nutrition. We focus on rural and peri-urban areas of the developing world, where multi …
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I present some estimates for India that demonstrate that structural changes in the impact of income on food demand have …
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This paper explores the (late) nutrition-cognition link using novel panel data from India for very young children. We … probability of enrollment in public schools as an instrumental variable. We find that a 1-standard-deviation increase in height …
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, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper … modest) association between height-for-age and subsequent math performance. Overall, our results support both restorative …
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studies the effect of a nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, hemoglobin levels, and cognitive … outcomes of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when …
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