Prenatal Seasonality, Child Growth, and Schooling Investments: Evidence from Rural Indonesia
利用印度尼西亚近期数据，研究发现出生体重在主要水稻收获后显著更高，且出生体重增加能改善儿童身高体重及学业表现，揭示产前条件对人力资本形成的长期影响。
Abstract This article 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.