Undernutrition imposes a staggering cost worldwide, both in human and economic terms. It is responsible for the deaths of more than 3.5 million children each year (more than one-third of all deaths among children under five) and the loss of billions of dollars in forgone productivity and...

This paper uses household data from the Philippines to examine jointly household decisions on family size and child quality, using nutritional status as a measure of quality. The results suggest that there are significant substitutions away from larger families and towards higher quality...

Zahlreiche Untersuchungen haben bereits einen engen Zusammenhang zwischen Geburtenfolge, Geschlecht und Ausbildung der Kinder in verschiedenen Gesellschaften deutlich gemacht. Hier werden die Auswirkungen der Geburtenfolge auf den kurz- und langfristigen Ernährungszustand des Kindes analysiert....