Height and calories in early childhood

•Model the formation of height using a production function approach.•Estimate the model using a rich panel data set from Guatemala.•Examine the importance of endogeneity, measurement error, parameter heterogeneity.•Validate the model by comparing impacts with height gaps from a migration study.•Pred...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Economics and human biology 2016-03, Vol.20, p.55-69
Main Author: Griffen, Andrew S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body Height - genetics
Body Height - physiology
Calorie gaps
Child
Child Development - physiology
Child, Preschool
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Diarrhea, Infantile - complications
Diet - adverse effects
Diet - statistics & numerical data
Energy Intake - physiology
Female
Growth and Development - genetics
Growth and Development - physiology
Guatemala
Height
Humans
INCAP experiment
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Micronutrients - genetics
Micronutrients - physiology
Micronutrients - supply & distribution
Models, Biological
Nutritional Status - genetics
Nutritional Status - physiology
Production function
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data
United States
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!