TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of childhood malnutrition on schooling
T2 - Evidence from Bangladesh
AU - Khanam, Rasheda
AU - Nghiem, Hong Son
AU - Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - This paper examines the impact of childhood malnutrition on schooling performance in rural Bangladesh. The results reveal that malnourished children are less likely to enrol in school on time and achieve an age-appropriate grade by 26 percentage points and 31 percentage points, respectively. Other important determinants of schooling outcomes include infrastructure and education level of parents. One major contribution of this paper is the control for the endogeneity of malnutrition status, which otherwise might lead to bias estimates.
AB - This paper examines the impact of childhood malnutrition on schooling performance in rural Bangladesh. The results reveal that malnourished children are less likely to enrol in school on time and achieve an age-appropriate grade by 26 percentage points and 31 percentage points, respectively. Other important determinants of schooling outcomes include infrastructure and education level of parents. One major contribution of this paper is the control for the endogeneity of malnutrition status, which otherwise might lead to bias estimates.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021932011000149
DO - 10.1017/S0021932011000149
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9320
VL - 43
SP - 437
EP - 451
JO - Journal of Biosocial Science
JF - Journal of Biosocial Science
IS - 4
ER -