An extensive literature documents linkages between early nutritional deficiencies and reduced cognitive ability, educational attainment and, ultimately, lower labor market performance. Few of these studies, however, have shown these correlations to be genuinely causal. We reexamine the nutrition...

Young Lives is an international longitudinal study on childhood poverty and policy in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam. This paper draws on examples from Young Lives quantitative and qualitative research and analyses to illustrate how household decisions and the policy context...