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Heterogeneity in the effect of mid-childhood height and weight gain on human capital at age 14-15 years: Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

BACKGROUND: Under-nutrition in early childhood has harmful impacts on human capital formation in children, with implications for educational, adult health, and labor market outcomes. We investigate the association of linear growth and weight gain in mid-childhood with years of schooling, the Peabody...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Kaushalendra, Kumar, Santosh, Singh, Ashish, Ram, Faujdar, Singh, Abhishek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6386348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30794669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212783