Heterogeneity in the effect of mid-childhood height and weight gain on human capital at age 14-15 years: Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

PloS One
Kaushalendra KumarAbhishek Singh

Abstract

Under-nutrition in early childhood has harmful impacts on human capital formation in children, with implications for educational, adult health, and labor market outcomes. We investigate the association of linear growth and weight gain in mid-childhood with years of schooling, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test score, and math test score during the adolescent age of 14-15 years. Data were derived from the Young Lives study conducted in four low- and middle-income countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). The data had detailed information on the children anthropometry and characteristics of the child, household, and community. Multivariate regression analysis, adjusted for the confounding variables, was used to investigate the association between mid-childhood health, measured by conditional linear growth and relative weight gain, and human capital outcomes in adolescent age. After controlling for several confounders, one cm increase in conditional linear growth increased years of schooling by 0.034 years and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test score and math test score by 0.474 and 0.083 points respectively. Relative weight gain was negatively associated with years of schooling and math test score. There is no evidence of...Continue Reading

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