The impact of childhood malnutrition on schooling: Evidence from Bangladesh

Rasheda Khanam; Hong Son Nghiem; Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

doi:10.1017/S0021932011000149

The impact of childhood malnutrition on schooling: Evidence from Bangladesh

Rasheda Khanam^*, Hong Son Nghiem, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-451
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Biosocial Science
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932011000149
Publication status	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

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