The impact of group-based credit programs on the nutritional status of children by gender in rural Bangladesh is … evaluated. Lacking exclusion restrictions of the usual sort, the effect of credit program participation by gender of participant … statistically significant impact on two of three measures of the nutritional well-being of both boy and girl children. Credit …

their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage … generated by the Female Secondary School Stipend Program in Bangladesh, which made secondary education free for rural girls. Our … assortative mating. Those educated women appear to experience greater autonomy in making decisions on receiving their own health …

The impact of participation in group-based credit programs, by gender of participant, on the health status of children … by gender in rural Bangladesh is investigated. These credit programs are well suited to studies of how gender …-specific resources alter intra-household allocations because they induce differential participation by gender. Women's credit is found to …

household. Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys of Bangladesh, my results show that children born to the richest … gender discrimination within the household. In this paper, I study whether girls and boys are treated equally in Bangladesh …With gender discrimination still prevalent in most parts of the world, governments and the United Nations are adopting …

's anthropometric outcomes. Leveraging six geo-referenced waves of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys merged with gridded …We study the effects of in utero exposure to climate change induced high ocean salinity levels on children ….15 standard deviations, respectively. Analyses of parental investments and health-seeking behaviors demonstrate that compensating …