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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring: Evidence from the China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010
We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274685
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The lasting impact of mothers' fetal malnutrition on their offspring : evidence from the China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - 2010
We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the … to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008844
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The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring : Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine
Kim, Seonghoon - 2010
We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137786
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Malnutrition in Primary School-Age Children : A Case of Urban and Slum Areas of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Azid, Toseef - 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school-age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …’s nutritional status. Malnutrition is positively related with congestion in the household (number of household members per room …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175076
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Social norms and the impact of early life events on gender inequality
Luo, Wei; Huang, Wei; Park, Albert - 2024
We study the influence of social norms in determining the impact of early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 on gender inequality. We model how social norms interact with adverse shocks to affect male and female survival chances and influence subsequent human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015055326
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The effect of early childhood malnutrition on child labor and schooling in rural Ethiopia
Tesfu, Solomon T. - In: The journal of developing areas 50 (2016) 2, pp. 185-211
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011609689
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Parental socialisation effort and the intergenerational transmission of risk preferences
Alan, Sule; Baydar, Nazli; Boneva, Teodora; Crossley, … - 2013
We study the transmission of risk attititudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivised risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331060
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Gender imbalance at birth and parents' anxiety about old age in China
Kadoya, Yoshihiko; Yin, Ting - 2012
Chinese parents prefer to have sons as they depend on their sons for support in old age, according to most of the literature. This paper uses the Preference Parameters Study, which randomly interviewed individuals in six major cities in China in 2011, to present empirical evidence about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332283
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Prenatal sex selection and girls' well-being: Evidence from India
Hu, Luojia; Schlosser, Analia - 2011
of malnutrition among girls. The negative association is stronger for girls born in rural households and at higher birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278396
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Parental Socialization Effort and the Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Preferences
Alan, Sule; Baydar, Nazli; Boneva, Teodora; Crossley, … - 2013
We study the transmission of risk attitudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivized risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500247