Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

This article examines the impacts of prenatal conditions on child growth using recent data from Indonesia. There is seasonality in birthweight: this measure is significantly higher immediately after the main rice harvest in the country. The empirical results show that an increase in birthweight impr...

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Main Author:	Yamauchi, Futoshi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	seasonality birthweight rice price child growth schooling
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13359

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spelling	okr-10986-133592021-04-23T14:03:08Z Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia Yamauchi, Futoshi seasonality birthweight rice price child growth schooling This article examines the impacts of prenatal conditions on child growth using recent data from Indonesia. There is seasonality in birthweight: this measure is significantly higher immediately after the main rice harvest in the country. The empirical results show that an increase in birthweight improves child growth outcomes as measured by the height and weight z-scores, as well as schooling performance as measured by age at start of schooling and number of grades repeated. The interactions of ecological variations affect early childhood human capital formation and can have long-term impacts on children's outcomes. 2013-05-09T20:44:19Z 2013-05-09T20:44:19Z 2012-07-05 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13359 en_US Journal of Development Studies;48(9) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Indonesia
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description	This article examines the impacts of prenatal conditions on child growth using recent data from Indonesia. There is seasonality in birthweight: this measure is significantly higher immediately after the main rice harvest in the country. The empirical results show that an increase in birthweight improves child growth outcomes as measured by the height and weight z-scores, as well as schooling performance as measured by age at start of schooling and number of grades repeated. The interactions of ecological variations affect early childhood human capital formation and can have long-term impacts on children's outcomes.
format	Journal Article
author	Yamauchi, Futoshi
author_facet	Yamauchi, Futoshi
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title	Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_short	Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_full	Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_fullStr	Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia
title_sort	prenatal seasonality, child growth, and schooling investments : evidence from rural indonesia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13359
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Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments : Evidence from Rural Indonesia

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