The Height Production Function from Birth to Age Two
利用菲律宾儿童的纵向数据，研究营养和疾病对0-2岁婴幼儿身高的因果影响，发现疾病对身高的负面影响大于营养，且女孩受影响更大。
Infancy is one of the most critical periods for the formation of adult height. This paper studies the determinants of height from birth to age 2 using rich longitudinal data on Filipino children. A height production function is specified in which height is the result of the accumulation of inputs (i.e., nutrition and diseases) over time. The empirical specification allows the causal identification of the age-specific effects of both nutrition and diseases on height. Considering gender differences in growth patterns, the results show that diseases play a major role in reducing height and that girls are more strongly affected than boys.