This paper examines the relationship between migration and child growth in the rural highlands of Guatemala, a region … and stunting prevalence of children. HAZ scores for children in households with a migrant to the US are conservatively …

negatively affected migrant households in rural Guatemala. Treating the Great Recession as a natural experiment affecting migrant … longer-term indicators of height-for-age z-scores. Panel data on children and multiple children in households enable double … the period. In particular, large advantages in child anthropometric status for the youngest children in migrant households …

Highlands of Guatemala to explore how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion …