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Is there Complete, Partial, or No Recovery from Childhood Malnutrition? – Empirical Evidence from Indonesia *
Author(s) -
Mani Subha
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00670.x
Subject(s) - malnutrition , early childhood , work (physics) , empirical evidence , estimation , psychology , medicine , economics , developmental psychology , economic growth , mechanical engineering , management , engineering , philosophy , epistemology
This article uses a dynamic panel data model to identify the impact of early nutritional deficiencies on individuals’ health status in later ages. We find that poor nutrition at young ages causes some, but not severe retardation in the growth of future height indicating partial recovery from chronic malnourishment. The results also indicate that – younger children, stunted children, and children who live in communities with six or more health posts exhibit larger recovery. The estimation strategy used here is especially attractive as it relies on weaker stochastic assumptions compared to earlier work in the literature.