The association of minimum wage change on child nutritional status in LMICs: A quasi-experimental multi-country study*

Global Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1307-1321

  Ponce, Ninez ^a   Shimkhada, Riti ^a   Raub, Amy ^a   Daoud, Adel ^b,c   Nandi, Arijit ^d   Richter, Linda ^e   Heymann, Jody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

anthropometric failure; child; Minimum wage; social protection policy; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MINIMUM WAGE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85026784462     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2017.1359327     Document Type: Article

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