COMMUNITY NURSERIES AND THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF POOR CHILDREN. EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Attanasio, Orazio P.; Di Maro, Vincenzo; Vera-Hernandez, Marcos
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University College London; The World Bank; University of London; University College London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12020
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 1025-1058
• 关键词: instrumental variables; developing-countries; early-childhood; head-start; HEALTH; regression; models; education; PROGRAMS; LIFE

摘要

We use two different data sets and three different instruments to estimate the impact of a long-established pre-school nursery programme on children's nutritional status. We use variables related to cost (fee, distance to the nursery) and programme availability (capacity of the programme in the town) as instruments. One of our data sets is representative of very poor individuals living in rural areas of Colombia, while the other focuses in urban areas and includes individuals relatively less poor. We find that programme participation increases children's height, with the size of the effect being consistent across the three instruments and the two data sets.