well-being, cognitive performance, and optimism about the economy. In contrast, we find no significant effects on children … have large effects on children over the long run, the lack of shorterterm effects in this setting may reflect the time …

dietary energy supply, (2) child undernutrition, and (3) child mortality. The initial version of the index included the … the population that is calorie deficient (FAO's prevalence of undernourishment); the prevalence of underweight in children … the prevalence of child underweight for the child undernutrition dimension, the use of the under-five mortality rate from …

, overweight, and severe wasting?are headcount ratios. They do not capture how far behind malnourished children are relative to the …

, overweight and severe wasting—are headcount ratios. They do not capture how far behind the malnourished children are from the WHO … improving), implying that the policies in place have been effective for all the children below the reference line, not just …