children's nutritional status in migrant households. Measures of social disadvantage are based on China's hukou system of … hukou status is negatively associated with children's weight-for-age Z-scores, even after controlling for household … characteristics, and girl children exhibit poorer nutritional status than boys. Results from a quantile decomposition procedure …

covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that …This paper examines the growth effect of one of the largest nutrition assistance programs in early life. The program … several early-life health indicators. Robust evidence shows that such nutrition supplements effectively increase boys' weight …