The Impact of Positive and Negative Income Changes on the Height and Weight of Young Children

We estimate the impact of changes in unearned income on the height and weight of young children in a developing country. As a source of income variation we use a change in the eligibility criteria for receipt of an unconditional cash transfer in Ecuador. Two years after families lost the transfer, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Buser, Thomas, Oosterbeek, Hessel, Plug, Erik, Ponce, Juan, Rosero, José
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31478