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Policy research working paper 8353
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World Bank E-Library Archive
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Policy research working paper
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Erscheint auch als Jones, Sam Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth: New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
Keywords:
Kinder
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Gesundheit
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Demographie
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Äthiopien
;
Indien
;
Peru
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Vietnam
;
Graue Literatur
Abstract:
Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome distribution. In contrast to conventional empirical approaches based on dynamic panel models, the paper shows how catch-up can be tested via a latent growth framework. Combined with a flexible estimator incorporating individual-specific intercepts and slopes, this enables between- and within-group forms of catch-up to be tested in a unified setting. The application of the proposed approach reveals significant differences in the nature, extent, and drivers of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper shows how conclusions about catch-up are sensitive to the way in which anthropometric outcomes are expressed
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-8353
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