Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India

Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3347107

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“…Thus, anemia occurring in infants and toddlers can have long-term ramifications, most notably affecting cognitive and psychomotor developmental delays [ 1 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. The delays resulting from anemia can affect numerous outcomes later in life, including educational attainment, employment, and earnings [ 3 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

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Is Infant/Toddler Anemia a Problem across Rural China? A Mixed-Methods Analysis

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In the past, iron-deficiency anemia in children has had a widespread presence in rural China. Given the recent economic growth in China, it is unclear if anemia among infants/toddlers remains a problem. The objective of this study is to measure the anemia rate in rural Chinese infants/toddlers across four major subpopulations and attempt to discover the sources of anemia. We use a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative data on 2909 rural Chinese infants/toddlers and their families with qualitative interviews with 84 caregivers of infants aged 6 to 30 months. Quantitative analysis indicates that the overall prevalence of anemia (43%) within sampled infants/toddlers was high, especially in comparison to the low rates of stunting (2–5%), being underweight (2%), and wasting (2–4%). These findings suggest that in rural China, anemia stems from the poor quality of the diets of infants/toddlers, rather than insufficient quantities of food being consumed. Qualitative analysis illustrates the factors that are contributing to anemia. Caregivers do not understand the causes of this condition, the symptoms that would lead one to recognize this condition, or the steps needed to treat their child with this condition. The findings offer a comprehensive understanding of the limited awareness of anemia among rural Chinese caregivers.

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Is Infant/Toddler Anemia a Problem across Rural China? A Mixed-Methods Analysis

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“…Related research explores the production function for children's human capital(Behrman and Rosenzweig, 2002;Attanasio, Meghir, and Nix, 2017) as well as focuses on how parents or teachers respond to inequalities across children(Akresh et al, 2012, Pop-Eleches andUrquiola, 2013).…”

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Long-term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia

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2018

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for many helpful discussions and suggestions. All errors remain our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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“…The features of the true process of skill formation can be estimated from actual data (subject to a number of identification problems that arise from the possible endogeneity of investment choices, see the discussion in Nix 2015). However, investment decisions might not be informed by the features of such processes but by individual perceptions.…”

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Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children

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In this paper, we study parental beliefs about the returns to different types of investments in school children. Using a representative sample of 1,962 parents in England, we document how parents perceive the returns to parental time investments, material investments and school quality, as well as the complementarity/substitutability between the different inputs. Both parental investments and school quality are perceived to be important and returns are perceived to be diminishing with higher investments. We further find that parental material investments are perceived as more productive if the child attends a high quality school. We find no differences in perceived returns to investments by the child's initial human capital or gender and, surprisingly, by the parents' socioeconomic background. We document a high degree of heterogeneity in perceived returns across respondents and document that perceived returns are highly correlated with actual investment decisions made by parents.

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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India

Cited by 38 publications

References 69 publications

Is Infant/Toddler Anemia a Problem across Rural China? A Mixed-Methods Analysis

Is Infant/Toddler Anemia a Problem across Rural China? A Mixed-Methods Analysis

Long-term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia

Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children

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