Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia

Alejandro Gaviria and Alejandro Hoyos Suarez

No 7610, Documentos CEDE from Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE

Abstract: Welfare programs in Colombia have been focused on reducing malnutrition and hunger and on increasing school attendance rates. However, there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition and education. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia - 2005 (ENSIN) and the Demographic and Health Survey -2005 (DHS), this paper estimates the impact of nutrition on schooling outcomes. The results suggest that anemic children have a higher probability of lagging behind in school. Malnutrition, defined by anthropometric measures, does not have an impact on schooling lags. School attendance seems to be unrelated to nutrition measures. The results are consistent under different specifications.

Keywords: school attendance; schooling lag; nutrition; micronutrients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I20 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2010-09-26
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