HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES, SEASONS, PRICES AND CHILD GROWTH

令人惊讶的是，人们对儿童成长的经济决定因素知之甚少 在身高和体重上。在这项研究中，我们将估计一系列动态 降低儿童生长发育功能以填补这一重要空白。我们会 参考最近从菲律宾宿务省收集的小组数据 其中，每两个月就有3000对母婴被访问， 从婴儿出生开始的几个月。我们的重点将放在外生性 家庭和社区层面的儿童成长决定因素。我们会 确定季节性因素对儿童生长发育的影响程度 价格、疾病水平和环境的变动。我们将使用 辅助时间序列数据用于区分长期和短期 异常天气等意外事件造成的成分；这项研究 在第二年的数据中，该地区遭受了一场大飓风的袭击 收集。我们将衡量长期家庭的影响 父母教育等特点。如果增长有追赶的话 在负面冲击之后，我们将衡量允许其追赶的程度 依靠先前存在的儿童身高或体重的不足，家庭 电击的特征和大小。作为数据收集的一部分 演习期间，收集了广泛和详细的信息 保健服务和水基础设施的可获得性、价格和质量 在调查区域内；我们将确定这些服务的这些方面 这对孩子的成长影响最大。最后，我们将测试 家庭和社区特征对儿童的影响 孩子的成长因性别而异；父亲偏爱男孩吗？ 女孩儿妈妈呢？

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?