HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES, SEASONS, PRICES, AND CHILD GROWTH

人们对儿童成长的经济决定因素知之甚少 身高和体重 在这项研究中，我们将估计一系列动态 减少形式的儿童成长功能，以填补这一重要的差距。 我们将 利用最近从菲律宾宿务省收集的面板数据 每两个月访问3,000对母子， 从婴儿出生的几个月。 我们的重点将放在外源性 家庭和社区一级决定儿童成长因素。 我们将 确定儿童生长受季节性因素影响的程度 价格、疾病水平和环境的变化。 我们将使用 辅助时间序列数据，以区分长期和短暂 由异常天气等突发事件造成的影响;研究 在第二年的数据中，该地区遭受了一场大型飓风的袭击 收藏. 我们将衡量长期家庭的影响， 如家长教育等特点。 如果在增长方面有追赶 在一次负面冲击之后，我们将衡量允许它的追赶程度， 依赖于儿童身高或体重的预先存在的不足， 冲击的大小和特征。 作为数据收集的一部分 演习中，广泛和详细的资料收集， 保健服务和供水基础设施的可得性、价格和质量 我们将确定这些服务的这些方面 这对儿童的成长影响最大。 最后，我们将测试 家庭和社区特征对儿童的影响 孩子的性别不同，孩子的成长也不同;父亲喜欢男孩吗？ 和母亲的女孩吗

Remarkably little is known about the economic determinants of child growth in height and weight. In this study, we will estimate a series of dynamic reduced form child growth functions to fill this important gap. We will draw on recently collected panel data from Cebu province in the Philippines in which 3,000 mother-child pairs were visited every two months for 24 months from the birth of the infant. Our focus will be on exogenous household and community level determinants of child growth. We will determine the extent to which child growth is affected by seasonal movements in prices, disease levels and the environment. We will use auxiliary time series data to distinguish long-run from transitory components caused by unexpected events such as abnormal weather; the study area was hit by a major hurricane during the second year of data collection. We will measure the impact of long run household characteristics such as parental education. If there is catch-up in growth after a negative shock, we will measure the extent of catch-up allowing it to depend on pre-existing shortfalls in child height or weight, household characteristics and the size of the shock. As part of the data collection exercise, extensive and detailed information was gathered on the availability, price and quality of health services and water infrastructure in the survey area; we will identify those dimensions of these services which have the largest impact on child growth. Finally, we will test whether the effects of household and community characteristics on child growth differ depending on the gender of the child; do fathers favor boys and mother girls?