correlations to be genuinely causal. We reexamine the nutrition and cognition link, applying instrumental variable methods to a … sibling-difference specification for a sample of Peruvian pre-school children. We use household shocks and food price changes … accumulated deficits are sizeable considering that these children are only 3-6 years old and are yet to enroll in formal schooling …

across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core …

associated with the nutritional status of children in rural and urban China. Results from instrumental variables regressions show … a substantial adverse effect of children's exposure to parental migration on height-for-age Z-scores of left …-behind children relative to children who migrate with their parents. Additional results from a standard Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition …

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

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 …

paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only … cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …, leading to very similar results. Estimates indicate that children born in areas affected by high levels of violence are 0.8 cm …

paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only … cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …, leading to very similar results. Estimates indicate that children born in areas affected by high levels of violence are 0.8 cm …