Essays about: "height-for-age"

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  1. 1. From Remittances to Development: Exploring Nepal's Path to Progress

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Damkjær Britton; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Nepal is one of the largest recipients of remittances compared to the size of the economy, reaching 30,1% of GDP in 2018. This makes understanding them, their effects, and how to positively impact that an important policy tool. READ MORE

  3. 2. Early life economic shocks and child health outcomes : evidence from Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Douglas Kazibwe; [2019]
    Keywords : height-for-age; under-five mortality; early life; commodity pPrices; human capital; Kenya;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between commodity price shocks experienced in the early period of life and child health outcomes. The study uses a nationally representative household survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys in Kenya matched with a time series of real producer prices of tea in estimating the effect of price shock on child health outcomes. READ MORE

  4. 3. How does drought affect child health outcomes in Zimbabwe? : an econometric analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Lovisa Källmark; [2018]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; height-for-age; drought; standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index; human capital;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the broader economic literature on income shocks and child health outcomes. Child health outcomes are known to be an important factor in determining the overall health, school results and productivity later on in life as an adult. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rainfall Shocks and the Effects on Child Anthropometric Measures in Rural Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence of Gender Differences

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Margot Kurfess; Björn Wisaeus; [2016]
    Keywords : Rainfall; Gender; Income variability; Sub-Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : This paper seeks to estimate the effects of rainfall fluctuations on the anthropometric health of children under the age of five in rural Ethiopia. Our interest is to study whether boys and girls experience differential treatment in the intra-household allocation of resources towards health following rainfall shocks in the previous rainy season and whether or not children of different ages are especially sensitive. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Impact of early childhood conditions on future labor outcomes: Does the early-life health and nutritional status affect future earnings into young adulthood? A case study of the Cebu Metropolitan Area, Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elisavet Avgeropoulou; [2014]
    Keywords : early childhood; nutrition; health; Philippines; future earnings; IV approach; height-for-age Z-scores; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to contribute to the expanding literature that associates early childhood conditions to future outcomes. Using the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, we will try to provide further empirical evidence to the question whether early-life health and nutritional status has impact on earnings into young adulthood for the case of the metropolitan area of Cebu in Philippines. READ MORE