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64 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17767
Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Child Poverty in Consumption
Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17684
Cycles of Malnutrition: Intergenerational Health Transmission in India
Santosh Kumar, Timothy J. Halliday, Bhash Mazumder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17390
Are Vegetable Seed Oils Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?
Tyler Ransom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16195
The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education
Marina Dodlova, Michelle Escobar Carias, Michael Grimm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16036
Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effects of Time Lost on Food Store Choice
Panka Bencsik, Lester Lusher, Rebecca L.C. Taylor
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103737
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15818
How Early Nutrition and Foundational Cognitive Skills Interconnect? Evidence from Two Developing Countries
Alan Sanchez, Marta Favara, Margaret Sheridan, Jere R. Behrman
published as 'Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries' in: World Development, 2024, 176, 106480
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15544
Prenatal Sugar Consumption and Late-Life Human Capital and Health: Analyses Based on Postwar Rationing and Polygenic Scores
Gerard J. van den Berg, Stephanie von Hinke, R. Adele H. Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15490
The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru
Noelia Bernal, Joan Costa-Font, Patricia Ritter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14443
Bombing and the Two Vietnams
Vu Vuong, Simon Chang, Michael Palmer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14273
Job Loss and Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stefani Milovanska-Farrington
published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2023, 50 (2), 300-323
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14054
Experimental Evidence from an Integrated Early Childhood Parenting Program in Sierra Leone
Anjali Chandra, Subha Mani, Heather Dolphin, Meredith Dyson, Yembeh Marah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13955
The Impacts of a Multifaceted Pre-natal Intervention on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life
Pedro Carneiro, Lucy Kraftman, Giacomo Mason, Lucie Moore, Imran Rasul, Molly Scott
published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (8), 2506–4259)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13888
Social Disadvantage and Children's Nutritional Status in Rural-Urban Migrant Households
Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
published in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2019, 28 (120), 899-915
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13171
Echo Effects of Early-Life Health Shocks: The Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Malnutrition during the Great Leap Forward Famine in China
Jinhu Li, Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12677
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico
Osea Giuntella, Matthias Rieger, Lorenzo Rotunno
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 122, 103277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12665
Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Child Development Outcomes?
Cem Mete, Laurent Bossavie, John T. Giles, Harold Alderman
published in: Population Studies, June 2020, 74 (2): 139-159.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12489
Maternal Age and Offspring Human Capital in India
Marcello Perez-Alvarez, Marta Favara
published in: Journal Population Econonmics, 2023, 36, 1573–1606
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12288
Neonatal Death in India: Birth Order in a Context of Maternal Undernutrition
Diane Coffey, Dean Spears
published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2478 - 2507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11986
Parental Migration Decisions and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from China
Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
published in: Research in Labor Economics (Health and Labor Markets), 2019, 47, 281-310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11588
Nutrition in Interwar Britain: A Possible Resolution of the Healthy or Hungry 1930s Debate?
Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
published as 'How hungry were the poor in late 1930s Britain?' in: Economic History Review, 2022, 75 (1), 80 - 110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11412
Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Charles Courtemanche, Augustine Denteh, Rusty Tchernis
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 202 228
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11234
Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition: Evidence from a School Lunch Reform
Jesper Alex-Petersen, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (2), 876-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11037
Escaping from Hunger before WW1: Nutrition and Living Standards in Western Europe and USA in the Late Nineteenth Century
Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
published online in: Cliometrica, 25 November 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11008
Spatial Differences in Stunting and Household Agricultural Production in South Africa: (Re-)Examining the Links Using National Panel Survey Data
Steffen Otterbach, Michael Rogan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11008
Spatial Differences in Stunting and Household Agricultural Production in South Africa: (Re-)Examining the Links Using National Panel Survey Data
Steffen Otterbach, Michael Rogan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10662
Costly Posturing: Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China
Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375
Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10085
Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information
Prakarsh Singh
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (6), 911 - 931
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10084
Performance Pay and Malnutrition
Prakarsh Singh, Sandip Mitra
published as 'Incentives, Information and Malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 93, 24-46.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 219 - 231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 219 - 231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 219 - 231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10021
Parental Unemployment and Child Health in China
Janneke Pieters, Samantha Rawlings
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2019, 18(1), 207-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9893
Developments in Undernutrition in Indian Children Under Five: A Decompositional Analysis
Peng Nie, Anu Rammohan, Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
published as 'Changes in Child Nutrition in India: A Decomposition Approach' in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16 (10), 1815
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9781
Does Greater Autonomy among Women Provide the Key to Better Child Nutrition?
Wiji Arulampalam, Anjor Bhaskar, Nisha Srivastava
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9424
Incentives and Children's Dietary Choices: A Field Experiment in Primary Schools
Michèle Belot, Jonathan James, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 50, 213-229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9328
Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success: Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Jane Greve, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen, Erdal Tekin
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 60, 20 - 35
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9093
The Long-term Health Effects of Fetal Malnutrition: Evidence from the 1959-1961 China Great Leap Forward Famine
Seonghoon Kim, Belton M. Fleisher, Jessica Ya Sun
published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (10), 1264 - 1277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8967
Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism
Davide Dragone, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published as 'Non-Separable Time Preferences, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Theory and Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 51, 41-65.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8721
Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia
John T. Giles, Elan Satriawan
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 114, 97 -106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8673
Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen, Erdal Tekin, Jane Greve
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 21, 196–209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7999
A Validation Study of Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Conditions on the Third Generation Offspring's Economic and Health Outcomes Potentially Driven by Epigenetic Imprinting
Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger
revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 103-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7692
The Effects of Intrauterine Malnutrition on Birth and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from the 1974 Bangladesh Famine
Rey Hernández-Julián, Hani Mansour, Christina Peters
published in: Demography, 2014, 51(5), 1775-1796
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7466
Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China
Ren Mu, Alan de Brauw
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28, 631-657
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7466
Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China
Ren Mu, Alan de Brauw
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28, 631-657
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7290
Is Leaving Home a Hardship?
David C. Ribar
published in: Southern Economic Journal 2015, 81(3), 598-618
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7275
The Transformation of Hunger Revisited
Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell, Mintewab Bezabih
published in: Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75(2), 512 - 552
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6988
Urban Working-Class Food Consumption and Nutrition in Britain in 1904
Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell
published in: Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (1), 101-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6621
Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
Anna D'Souza, Dean Jolliffe
published in: Food Policy, 2013, 42, 32-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6528
Urban-Rural Disparities of Child Health and Nutritional Status in China from 1989 to 2006
Hong Liu, Hai Fang, Zhong Zhao
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2013, 11 (3), 294–309
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6481
Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts
Anna D'Souza, Dean Jolliffe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6354
Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling: Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake
Monserrat Bustelo, Mary P. Arends-Kuenning, Leonardo Lucchetti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6307
Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes
Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 17–30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6110
Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life
Gerard J. van den Berg, Pia Pinger, Johannes Schoch
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (3), 465–506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5610
Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?
Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang, Monnet Benoit Patrick Gbakou, Daniel Hoffman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5316
Federal Nutrition Programs and Childhood Obesity: Inside the Black Box
Manan Roy, Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, 10 (1), 1-38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5297
The First World War and Working-Class Food Consumption in Britain
Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell
published in: European Review of Economic History, 2013, 17 (1), 71-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5194
The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine
Seonghoon Kim, Deng Quheng, Belton M. Fleisher, Shi Li
published in: Word Development, 2014, 54, 232-242
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3123
Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life: The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846–1847
Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (5), 617-629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2509
Poverty, Undernutrition, and Child Mortality: Some Inter-Regional Puzzles and their Implications for Research and Policy
Stephan Klasen
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2008, 6(1), 89-115
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1701
The Impact on Nutrition of the Intrahousehold Distribution of Power
Habiba Djebbari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1328
Is the Child Health / Family Income Gradient Universal? Evidence from England
Alison Currie, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (2), 213-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1092
The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status: Evidence from Russia
Steven Stillman, Duncan Thomas
published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (531), 1385–1417
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