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Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy:
- Kumar, S., A. Nandi, and R. Laxminarayan. 2014. “The Effect of Birth Weight on Cognition Development of Children in India.” Working paper.
- Nandi, A., A. Ashok, and R. Laxminarayan. 2014. “Long-Term Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Supplementation: Evidence from India.” Working paper.
- Nandi, A., A. Ashok, A. Verma, I. Megiddo, and R. Laxminarayan. 2014. “The Health and Economic Benefits of Providing Access to Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation in India: A Microsimulation Modeling Analysis.” Working paper.
- Nandi, A. and R. Laxminarayan. 2016. “Can Early Childhood Nutrition Improve Adult Educational Attainment in India? Evidence from the ICDS Program.” SSRN Working Paper.
University of Essex:
- Baranov, V., S. Bhalotra, and J. Maselko. 2016. “The Long-Term Impact of Treating Maternal Depression: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan.” Working paper.
- Baranov, V., S. Bhalotra, and J. Maselko. 2016. “Maternal Depression, Parenting Behaviours and Child Development: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial ” Working paper.
- Bhalotra, S. and A. Venkataramani. 2016. “Infectious Disease and Cognitive Development.” Working paper.
- Venkataramani, A., G. Miller, S. Bhalotra, A. Miranda, and A. Diaz. 2016. “Municipal Water Disinfection and Mortality Decline in Developing Countries: Evidence from Mexico’s Programa Agua Limpia.” Working paper.
University of Pennsylvania:
- Abufhele, A., D. Bravo, S. Urzua, and J. Vasquez. 2013. “Teenage Pregnancy and Child Development: Evidence from Chile.” Working paper.
- Alderman, H., J.R. Behrman, and A. Tasneem. 2014. “The Contribution of Increased Equity to the Estimated Social Benefits from a Transfer Program: An Illustration from Oportunidades.” Working paper.
- Andersen, C.T., J.R. Behrman, B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, J. Escobal, L.C.H. Fernald, S. Mani, S. Reynolds, A. Sanchez, and A.D. Stein. 2014. “Effects of Juntos Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Anthropometry and Cognitive Achievement.” Working paper.
- Andersen, C.T., S. Reynolds, L.C.H. Fernald, J.R. Behrman, B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, J. Escobal, S. Mani, and A. Sanchez. 2014. “Effects of Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutritional and Developmental Outcomes.” Working paper.
- Appiah-Yeboah, S.A. 2013. “The Association between Maternal Social Capital and Children’s Educational Outcomes in Rural Malawi.” Working paper.
- Appiah-Yeboah, S.A. 2013. “The Health-Wealth Gradient in Children’s Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Malawi.” Working paper.
- Appiah-Yeboah, S.A. 2013. “A Longitudinal Analysis of Household Wealth and Social Welfare in Rural Malawi Using Panel Assets Data and a Fixed Effects Model.” Working paper.
- Attanasio, O., C. Meghir, and E. Fix. 2013. “The Development of Child Health and Cognition in 4 Developing Countries.” Working paper.
- Baranov, V., I. Bennett, and H.-P. Kohler. 2014. “The Indirect Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy.” Working paper.
- Baranov, V. and H.-P. Kohler. 2014. “The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. 2014. “The Comparison of Rural, Urban and Rural-to-Urban Migrant Families in Their Child Rearing Practices and the Impact of Those Practices on Children.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. 2014. “The Effects of Maternal Gender Role Attitudes and Gender Role Behaviors on the Developmental Investments for Girls Versus Boys.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. 2014. “The Effects of School Starting Age on Early School Outcomes and the Heterogeneity of Those Effects Depending on Child Characteristics, Mother Characteristics and School Characteristics.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. 2014. “The Impact of Trajectories of (Patterns of Change in) Maternal Depression on Trajectories of (Patterns of Change in) Behavioral Development of Children.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. and B. Akcinar. 2013. “Ramifications of Social Stratification for 3 Year-Old Children in Turkey.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. and B. Akcinar. 2014. “Mothers’ Power Assertion Contributes to the Trajectories of Aggression in Early Childhood.” Working paper.
- Baydar, N. and O. Basturk. 2013. “Role of Maternal Behaviors in School Readiness at 66 Months of Age.” Working paper
- Behrman, J.R. 2014. “The First 1000 Days and Catch-up Growth.” Working paper.
- Behrman, J.R. 2014. “Genes and Human Development.” Working paper.
- Bennett, I., W. Schott, S. Krutikova, and Jere R. Behrman. 2014. “Maternal Mental Health and Child Growth and Development Outcomes in Four Developing Countries.” Working paper.
- Behrman, J.R., B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, L.T. Duc, L.C.H. Fernald, S. Mani, W. Schott, and A.D. Stein. 2014. “Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Inequality: Young Lives.” Working paper.
- Behrman, J.R., J. Hoddinott, J. Maluccio, and R. Martorell. 2013. “Brains Versus Brawn: Labor Market Returns to Intellectual and Physical Human Capital in a Poor Developing Country.” Working paper.
- Benny, L., S. Galab, A. Georgiadis, and P. Reddy. 2014. “Determinants of Recovery from Early Undernutrition and Implications for Cognitive Development: Evidence from India.” Working paper.
- Benny, L. and A. Georgiadis. 2013. “The Impact of Pregnancy and Delivery Complications, Malnutrition and Infection at Infancy on Cognitive Development at Early and Middle Childhood: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Working paper.
- Costa, M. and M. Gurven. 2014. “Maternal Somatic and Human Capital Predict Child Nutritional Status among Children Aged 2-5 Years in a High-Fertility Setting.” Working paper.
- Costa, M., M. Gurven, and H. Kaplan. 2014. “No Child Growth Consequences for Birth Orders Exceeding Ideal Family Size in a High Fertility Population: Evidence from the Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia.” Working paper.
- Crookston, B.T., R. Forste, C. McClellan, A. Georgiadis, T.B. Heaton, and Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. 2014. “Factors associated with cognition in late childhood and adolescence: the Young Lives cohort study of children in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.” Working paper.
- Crookston, B.T., W. Schott, K.A. Dearden, L.T. Duc, L.C.H. Fernald, M. Penny, A.D. Stein, T. Woldehanna, J.R. Behrman, and The Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. 2013. “Child Morbidity: Key Distal Household and Community Factors in Four Developing Countries.” Working paper.
- Cueto, S., J.R. Behrman, B. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, J. Leon, and A. Miranda. 2013. “Interactions of Stunting and School Quality in Cognitive Outcomes and School Achievement.” Working paper.
- Dearden, K.A., A.T. Brennan, J.R. Behrman, W.B. Schott, B.T. Crookston, D. Humphries, M.E. Penny, and Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. 2014. “Improved Water and Sanitation at the Community Level Is Associated with Children’s Performance on Tests of Receptive Vocabulary: Findings from the Young Lives Cohort Study.” Working paper.
- Dearden, K.A., B.T. Crookston, L.T. Duc, M. Penny, W. Schott, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “What Is the Relationship between Water, Sanitation and Nutritional Status?: A Four Country Prospective Study from Young Lives.” Working paper.
- Dearden, K.A., W.B. Schott, B.T. Crookston, D. Humphries, M. Penny, J.R. Behrman, and on behalf of the Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. 2014. “Children with Access to Improved Water and Sanitation in Some Cases Demonstrate Better Growth: Findings from the Young Lives Cohort Study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.” Working paper.
- Duc, L.T. and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Early childhood stunting, post-infant recovery and educational outcomes in late childhood: Evidence from Vietnam.” Working paper.
- Fernald, L.C.H., J.R. Behrman, D. Bravo, R. Kagawa, I. Jandali, and J.V. Núnez. 2013. “Chile Data: Overweight and Obesity among Very Young Children in Chile and Association with Early Childhood Development.” Working paper.
- Fernald, L.C.H., C.T. Andersen, S. Reynolds, J.R. Behrman, B.T. Crookston, M.E. Penny, and W.B. Schott. 2014. “Risk Factors for Co-Occurring Stunting and Overweight in Peruvian Children: Results from the Young Lives Study.” Working paper.
- Fernald, L.C.H., P. Kariger, R. Kagawa, J.R. Behrman, and D. Bravo. 2013. “Chile Data: Early Childhood Programs and Attaining Developmental Potential.” Working paper.
- Georgiadis, A. 2014. “The Sooner the Better but It Is Never Too Late: The Impact of Child Growth at Different Stages of Infancy and Childhood on Cognitive Development.” Working paper.
- Georgiadis, A. 2013. “Parental Background and Children’s Human Capital Development Throughout Childhood and Adolescence: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Working paper.
- Hamoudi, A., S. Cueto, S. Krutikova, A. Sanchez, and M. Sheridan. 2014. “Cognitive Skills & Human Capital in Development: How Do Innovations in Measurement Enhance the Picture?” Working paper.
- Hannum, E. and J. Adams. 2014. “Can the Early Educational Experience Be Pro-Mobility? Early School Transition and Pro-Mobility Outcomes in Young Adulthood in China’s Poor Rural Communities.” Working paper.
- Hannum, E. and Y. Xie. 2014. “Poverty and Education in Comparative Perspective [Invited Submission].” in Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Society, D. Brady and L. Burton. Forthcoming.
- Hermida, P., J.R. Behrman, and W. Schott. 2013. “Decision-Making Power inside the Household and Child Growth.” Working paper.
- Hu, L.-C. 2013. “Gender Inequality, Intrahousehold Allocation and Educational Outcomes in Rural China: Evidence from Sibling Data.” Working paper.
- Hu, L.-C. and E. Hannum. 2014. “Gender Gaps in Educational Performance in Rural China: Evidence from Sibling Data.” Working paper.
- Humphries, D., B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, L.C.H. Fernald, S. Galab, M. Penny, A.D. Stein, T. Woldehanna, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Domains of Food Security (Hunger, Quality, Quantity) at R2 Will Be a Significant Predictor of Future Child Nutritional Status.” Working paper.
- Humphries, D., B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, L.C.H. Fernald, S. Galab, M. Penny, A.D. Stein, T. Woldehanna, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Domains of Food Security (Hunger, Quality, Quantity) Will Be a Significant Predictor of Child Nutritional Status at the Same Time Point.” Working paper.
- Humphries, D., B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, L.C.H. Fernald, S. Galab, M. Penny, A.D. Stein, T. Woldehanna, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Household Food Security Will Be a Significant Predictor of Current Household Food Expenditures and As Food Expenditures.” Working paper.
- Humphries, D., B.T. Crookston, K.A. Dearden, M. Penny, W. Schott, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Economic and Ecological Shocks and Animal Source Food Consumption: Young Lives Peru Data.” Working paper.
- Hyder, A. and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Climatic Shocks and Child Human Capital: Evidence from Ethiopia.” Working paper.
- Hyder, A., J.R. Behrman, and H.-P. Kohler. 2014. “Negative Economic Shocks and Child Schooling: Evidence from Rural Malawi.” Working paper.
- Kagawa, R., L.C.H. Fernald, J.R. Behrman, and D. Bravo. 2013. “Chile Data: Teen Motherhood and School Readiness: Social and Nutritional Factors.” Working paper.
- Kiani, A.K. and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Mothers’ Empowerment and Child Inoculations and Schooling in Pakistan: Urban Vs Rural Areas, Daughters Vs Sons and 1998-99 Vs 2007-08.” Working paper.
- Krutikova, S., J.R. Behrman, I. Bennett, J. Escobal, and W. Schott. 2013. “Maternal Mental Health and Child Well-Being.” Working paper.
- Levin, C. and E. Brouwer. 2014. “Saving Brains: Literature Review of Reproductive, Neonatal, Child and Maternal Health and Nutrition Interventions to Mitigate Basic Risk Factors to Promote Child Development.” Working paper.
- Liu, X., J.R. Behrman, A.D. Stein, and Canada-Penn COHORTS team. 2014. “Better Prenatal Care Predicts Better Growth at 24 Months and Better Schooling Attainment but Not Greater Birth Weight: Evidence from Four Developing Countries.” Working paper.
- Liu, X. and F. Cunha. 2013. “Height Production Function of Chinese Children with Consideration of Nutrition Intake and Physical Activities.” Working paper.
- Liu, X. and E. Hannum. 2014. “Early Childhood Poverty Exposure and Young Adult Stature and Weight Status in China.” Working paper.
- Maitra, P. and S. Mani. 2013. “Learning and Earning – Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India.” Working paper.
- Mani, S. and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Role of the Indonesian Midwife Program in Mitigating the Impact of Early Life Infectious Diseases on Later Life Outcomes.” Working paper.
- Mani, S., J.R. Behrman, S. Galab, P. Reddy. 2013. “Impact of the NREGS on Health.” Working paper.
- Mani, S., J.R. Behrman, S. Galab, P. Reddy. 2013. “Impact of the NREGS on Schooling and Intellectual Human Capital.” Working paper.
- Mani, S., J.R. Behrman, A. Georgiadis. 2013. “Catch-up Effects in Health Outcomes – Linear and Quantile Regression Estimates from Four Countries.” Working paper.
- Mani, S., J.R. Behrman, A.D. Stein, and COHORTS team. 2014. “Recovery from Malnutrition at Age 2 Years: Using Evidence from Brazil, Guatemala, India, Philippines, and South Africa.” Working paper.
- Mani, S. and M.F. Majid. 2013. “Static and Dynamic Schooling and Cognitive Production Functions.” Working paper.
- Mani, S., S. Mitra, and U. Sambamoorthi. 2014. “The Impact of Physical Activity Limitations on Employment Status and Work Hours in Indonesia.” Working paper.
- Marshall, D. 2013. “Children’s Cognitive Development and Family Background: Analysis from a New Survey from Chile.” Working paper.
- Marshall, D. 2014. “The Production Function of Cognitive Skills in Young Children: Looking at Early Maternal Employment.” Working paper.
- Penny, M., W. Schott, B.T. Crookston, and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Catch-up Growth: How, When, Why, and Does it Matter?.” Working paper.
- Phiri, T.E. 2014. “Review of Maternal Effects on Early Childhood Stunting.” Working paper.”
- Puentes, E., F. Wang, F. Cunha, J.R. Behrman, L. Adair, J. Borja, J. Hoddinott, J. Maluccio, R. Martorell, and A.D. Stein. 2014. “Early Life Height and Weight Production Functions with Endogenous Calorie and Protein Inputs for Guatemala and the Philippines.” Working paper.
- Reynolds, S., L.C.H. Fernald, and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Family Structure and Impacts on Child Development: The Presence of Grandparents and Fathers.” Working paper.
- Reynolds, S., L.C.H. Fernald, and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Mothers’ Work and Child Outcomes: The Case of Chile.” Working paper.
- Reynolds, S., L.C.H. Fernald, and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Preschool in Chile: Effects on Child Development?” Working paper.
- Sanchez, A., S. Cueto, A. Hamoudi, S. Krutikova, and M. Sheridan. 2014. “Early-Life Determinants of Executive Functioning: Evidence from Peru.” Working paper.
- Sarzosa, M. and S. Urzua. 2013. “Weight at Birth and Gender Gaps in Test Scores.” Working paper.
- Schott, W.B., S. Krutikova, I. Bennett, K.A. Dearden, and J.R. Behrman. 2014. “Determinants of Risk for Common Mental Disorders in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.” Working paper.
- Stricker, S., N. Beretta Piccoli and Horton S. 2014. “The costs of stunting in low- and middle-income countries.” Working paper.
- Sudharsanan, N. 2014. “Childhood Determinants of Adult Obesity, Diabetes, and Hypertension Trajectories: A Comparison of Mexico and the United States.” Working paper.
- Undurraga, E.A., A. Zycherman, J. Yiu, J.R. Behrman, W.R. Leonard, TAPS Bolivia Study Team, and R.A. Godoy. 2014. “Gender Targeting of Unconditional Income Transfers and Child Nutritional Status: Experimental Evidence from the Bolivian Amazon.” Working paper.
- Urzua, S. and G. Veramendi. 2013. “The Impact of out-of-Home Childcare Centers on Early Childhood Development.” Working paper.
- Visaria, A. 2014. “Hindu-Muslim Differences in Son Preference in India: An Analysis of Ideal Preferences and Fertility Behaviors.” Working paper.
- Visaria, A. 2014. “Sex Differentials in Child Health Outcomes in India: A Comparison of Hindus and Muslims.” Working paper.
- Visaria, A. 2014. “Son Preference and Group Majority/Minority: Comparing Hindus and Muslims in India and Bangladesh.” Working paper.
- Wang, F., E. Puentes, F. Cunha, J.R. Behrman, L. Adair, J. Borja, J. Hoddinott, J. Maluccio, R. Martorell, and A.D. Stein. 2014. “Height Growth Paths, Production Relations and Parental Beliefs in Guatemala and the Philippines.” Working paper.
- Woldehanna, T. and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Early Childhood Nutrition and Children’s Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from Rural and Urban Ethiopia.” Working paper.
- Woldehanna, T. and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “What Determines Ethiopian Children’s Dietary Diversity?” Working paper.
- Woldehanna, T., N. Halim, A.D. Stein, and J.R. Behrman. 2013. “Household Income and Child Growth: Does Income Source Matter?” Working paper.