nutrition outcomes and fertility in Bangladesh since 1990? Are the poor sharing in the progress which is being made? (2) What … DFID - to improve health and nutrition? (4) To the extent that interventions have brought about positive impacts, have they …

human capital (usually maternal schooling attainment) and children's human capital (usually children's schooling, but in … some cases children's nutritional status). This paper uses rich Guatemalan longitudinal data collected over 35 years to … impact than maternal schooling attainment on children's biological human capital; and (3) for some important indicators of …

with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the … contraceptive properties of nursing. Second, given a preference for having sons, mothers with no or few sons want to conceive again … sons and daughters, having few or no older brothers results in earlier weaning. Third, these gender effects peak as mothers …

significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post …

and various local economic and environmental factors. Nutritional mobility has improved over time, and the nutrition … nutrition improvement across generations …

year old for those children whose mothers have no formal education. No significant association is found at 5 years of age … physical and human capital. This paper contributes to this literature, studying the association between mothers' access to … social capital via participation in community organizations and their children's nutritional status at 1 and 5 years. Using …

providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …