Long-term Impacts of Rice Price and Production Seasonality on Human Capital: Evidence from Rural Indonesia

Futoshi Yamauchi

No 126163, 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This paper examines the impacts of prenatal conditions on child growth using recent data from Indonesia. There is seasonality in birthweight: This measure is significantly higher immediately after the main rice harvest in the country. The empirical results show that an increase in birthweight improves child growth outcomes as measured by the height and weight z-scores, as well as schooling performance as measured by age at start of schooling and number of grades repeated. The interactions of ecological variations affect early childhood human capital formation and can have long-term impacts on children’s outcomes.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.126163

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