Iron Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Peru

Alberto Chong, Isabelle Cohen, Erica Field, Eduardo Nakasone () and Maximo Torero

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 8, issue 4, 222-55

Abstract: Do nutritional deficiencies contribute to the intergenerational persistence of poverty by reducing the earnings potential of future generations? To address this question, we made available supplemental iron pills at a health center in rural Peru and encouraged adolescents to take them via media messages. School administrative data provide novel evidence that reducing iron deficiency results in a large and significant improvement in school performance and aspirations for anemic students. Our findings demonstrate that combining low-cost outreach efforts and local supplementation programs can be an affordable and effective method of reducing rates of adolescent iron deficiency anemia.

JEL-codes: I21 I23 I26 J24 J31 Q51 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.20140494
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