کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
961265 929835 2013 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The long-term cognitive consequences of early childhood malnutrition: The case of famine in Ghana
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The long-term cognitive consequences of early childhood malnutrition: The case of famine in Ghana
چکیده انگلیسی
We examine the role of early childhood health in human capital accumulation. Using a unique data set from Ghana with comprehensive information on individual, family, community, school quality characteristics and a direct measure of intelligence together with test scores, we examine the long-term cognitive effects of the 1983 famine on survivors. We show that differences in intelligence test scores can be robustly explained by the differential impact of the famine in different parts of the country and the impacts are most severe for children under two years of age during the famine. We also account for model uncertainty by using Bayesian Model Averaging.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 32, Issue 6, December 2013, Pages 1013-1027
نویسندگان
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