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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 …

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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

Coping with food and nutrition insecurity in Zimbabwe : does household head gender matter?

Kairiza, Terrence; Kembo, George D. - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 7 (2019) 24, pp. 1-16

On the basis of a large-scale nationally representative sample of household data from five pooled cross-section surveys conducted by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC), this study assesses the existence of gender differences in the vulnerability to food and nutrition...

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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 …

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Food and agriculture systems foresight study : implications for gender, poverty, and nutrition

Lentz, Erin C. - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-53

This review evaluates foresight studies to understand how the future agri-food system may impact gender, poverty, and nutrition (GPN). Foresight studies agree that it will be challenging to transform the agri-food system into one that is sustainable, healthy, and just, although the degree to...

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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...

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