We examine the role of early childhood health in human capital accumulation. Using a unique data set from Ghana with … country and children under two years during the famine were most adversely affected. We also account for model uncertainty by …

undernutrition and poverty. This study uses longitudinal data that include math, reading, and receptive vocabulary test scores at … ages eight and 15 years for children in four low- and middle-income countries.We find associations between nutrition status … prevalence and gender gaps favoring males to invest more in preschool children …

This paper explores the (late) nutrition-cognition link using novel panel data from India for very young children. We …-up growth. Our analysis also suggests that providing low-caste children with the average nutritional status of their upper …

consanguinity on child cognitive ability and height-for-age. Children born into consanguineous unions have lower cognitive scores …