adolescent mothers in low-resource settings remain inadequately studied. We used longitudinal data from the India Human … the following growth indicators of children born to adolescent mothers (age 19 years or below) with those born to older … mothers: height and weight during age 0-5 years and 6-12 years, and change in height and weight between the two periods. In …

logarithm per capita output, above which fertility decline reverses, depends on subsidized child care, maternity pay, and the … important factors in an inverse J-shaped effect of economic growth on fertility. The analysis is robust to the introduction of … of per capita output. Demand for child quality continues to rise with wages despite fertility decline reversal …

seems to affect fetal growth, because infants born to mothers exposed to earth tremors in early and/or mid gestation are … more likely to be large for gestational age. The estimates suggest that relatively poorer Chilean mothers are more … evidence that suggests a possible mechanism that explains the varying results across socioeconomic status. Mothers with …