Height in mid childhood and psychosocial competencies in late childhood: Evidence from four developing countries

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-432

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   Sánchez, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Height; India; Non cognitive skills; Peru; Psychosocial competencies; Undernutrition; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEIGHT FOR AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPETENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIET NAM;

ETHIOPIA; HEIGHT; INDIA; NON-COGNITIVE SKILLS; PERU; PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPETENCIES; UNDERNUTRITION; VIETNAM;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84888430022     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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