THE IMPACT OF IMPROVING NUTRITION DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD ON EDUCATION AMONG GUATEMALAN ADULTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Stein, Aryeh D.
• 署名单位: Middlebury College; University of Pennsylvania; Emory University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02220.x
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 734-763
• 关键词: cognitive-development; sample attrition; michigan panel; in-differences; supplementation; HEALTH; CONSEQUENCES; malnutrition; variables; program

摘要

Using a longitudinal survey from rural Guatemala, we examine the effect of an early childhood nutritional intervention on adult educational outcomes. An intent-to-treat model yields substantial effects of an experimental intervention that provided highly nutritious food supplements to children, a quarter century after it ended: increases of 1.2 grades completed for women and one quarter SD on standardised reading comprehension and non-verbal cognitive ability tests for both women and men. Two-stage least squares results that endogenise the actual supplement intakes corroborate these magnitudes. Improving the nutrient intakes of very young children can have substantial, long-term, educational consequences.